Teaching about Dialects [microform] / Kirk Hazen
- Bib ID:
- 5684574
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Hazen, Kirk
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED456674
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- Description:
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- Washington, DC : ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 2001
- 4 p.
- Series:
- ERIC Digest.
- Summary:
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The study of dialects offers a fascinating approach to learning about language. By learning about how language varies geographically and socially, students will come to understand that language changes over time, and that language use is linked to social identity. Language variation, or dialect diversity, reflects the fact that languages change over time and that people who live in the same geographical area or maintain the same social identity share language norms. Although dialects differ geographically and socially, no dialect is better structurally than another. While many people believe there to be only one correct form of a language, what is standard actually varies from dialect to dialect. If people have a better understanding of how language works, they would probably be less inclined to make negative judgments about speakers of different dialects. This digest addresses some of the difficulties teachers may encounter in teaching about dialects and provides several activities for helping students learn more about language and understand that language variation is a natural phenomenon. (VWL)
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- Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 4646 40th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016. Tel: 202-362-0700; For full text: http://www.cal.org/ericcll/digest.
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: ED-99-CO-0008.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
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- ERIC
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