African American English and the Achievement Gap: The Role of Dialectal Code Switching
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Many African American children make use of African American English (AAE) in their everyday lives, and face academic barriers when introduced to Standard American English (SAE) in the classroom. Research has shown that students who can adapt and use SAE for academic purposes demonstrate significantly better test scores than their less adaptable peers. Accordingly, AAE use and its confirmed inverse relationship to reading achievement have been implicated...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0367194260
ISBN13:9780367194260
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:Routledge
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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