Newfoundland Dialect Interference in Oral Reading
The hypothesis that dialect differences exert an interference effect in the acquisition of literacy skills remains unproven on the basis of research into the relationship between Black English and reading. Supplementary evidence was sought by studying the oral reading performance of grade three stud...
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crsagepubl:10.1080/10862967509547122 2024-06-16T07:41:31+00:00 Newfoundland Dialect Interference in Oral Reading Walker, Laurence 1975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10862967509547122 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10862967509547122 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Reading Behavior volume 7, issue 1, page 61-78 ISSN 0022-4111 journal-article 1975 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1080/10862967509547122 2024-05-19T13:15:43Z The hypothesis that dialect differences exert an interference effect in the acquisition of literacy skills remains unproven on the basis of research into the relationship between Black English and reading. Supplementary evidence was sought by studying the oral reading performance of grade three students in Newfoundland where a distinct dialect prevails. A comparison was made of oral reading performances of subjects reading Standard English material and equivalent material containing validated syntactic structures of the local dialect. Significant differences favouring the Standard English readings were revealed for three measures of oral reading proficiency so the interference hypothesis was not supported. The findings showed the language flexibility possessed by eight-year old dialect speakers and pointed to the research hazards of inferring written language ability on the basis of oral performances. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland SAGE Publications Journal of Reading Behavior 7 1 61 78 |
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The hypothesis that dialect differences exert an interference effect in the acquisition of literacy skills remains unproven on the basis of research into the relationship between Black English and reading. Supplementary evidence was sought by studying the oral reading performance of grade three students in Newfoundland where a distinct dialect prevails. A comparison was made of oral reading performances of subjects reading Standard English material and equivalent material containing validated syntactic structures of the local dialect. Significant differences favouring the Standard English readings were revealed for three measures of oral reading proficiency so the interference hypothesis was not supported. The findings showed the language flexibility possessed by eight-year old dialect speakers and pointed to the research hazards of inferring written language ability on the basis of oral performances. |
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