12.2663, Qs: Dialect/Academic Performance, Suggestion

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-2663. Wed Oct 24 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.2663, Qs: Dialect/Academic Performance, Suggestion

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Date:  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:04:02 -0700
From:  "Stefan and Kim Taylor" <pavon2 at gte.net>
Subject:  DIALECT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

2)
Date:  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:16:54 -0400
From:  Ernest McCarus <enm at umich.edu>
Subject:  Query Illustrations

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:04:02 -0700
From:  "Stefan and Kim Taylor" <pavon2 at gte.net>
Subject:  DIALECT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE


Dear Colleagues,

I have done research that indicates that students who speak AAE are at
a greater disadvantage academically than other students.  I am
interested in comparing the academic performance of African American
students to other students who have dialects that vary from standard
English.  Right now I am considering comparing African American
students to Latin Americans and Appalachian Americans. I have heard
that these dialects are very similar.  If this is true, I would like
to see how these groups perform academically and determine the extent
that dialect plays in succeeding academically.  Does anyone have any
information regarding this subject?  I would appreciate any help I
might receive.  Are there other dialects that should be included in
this comparison. Please tell me what you think.

Thank you.




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Date:  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:16:54 -0400
From:  Ernest McCarus <enm at umich.edu>
Subject:  Query Illustrations

One of the great benefits of the LinguistList is the ability to request and
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might even be possible that an illustrative example will trigger in me, for
example, some data or bibliography that I might know that might prove
useful to the inquirer in spite of my technical ignorance of the field.

Ernest McCarus


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