I divided by age, and took the first 10 from each group.

[conuly]

Just finished tabulating the results, let me tell you I am *very* surprised by some of the answers. It's like hearing that your friends don't agree that *insert least favorite politician* is a creep! Well, it's done now. I just have to start presenting my case against linguistic prejudice more clearly, that's all. I'll forget this ever happened in a few days - block it from my memory.

*grins*

Okay, it's not *that* bad. But... Well, of course, I'm very anti-prescriptivist when I remember to be.

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[acaciah.livejournal.com]

Materials for beginning and remedial reading should be written in the dialects of the children
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I find that very sad. Of course, maybe most people don't realize that the more the written work looks like the spoken word, the more quickly children master speech-to-print, and gain reading fluency. I'm not saying you don't teach any standard English, but for some children early on it's harder to code-switch, especially if they're not doing it verbally yet.

[conuly]

I myself actually don't agree with that statement. Not because I think kids should have to learn one dialect from childhood, but because I realize it might be expensive to actually provide material in all common dialects.

[acaciah.livejournal.com]

Speaking as someone who's taught in the classroom, I don't think cost has been that prohibitive. One can whip up a powerpoint or worksheet with a child's dialect if you're familiar enough with it. To me, just breaking people into the idea would be a good start. In the meantime, being flexible and open to linguistic differences is most important. I don't think there's enough research out to justify the spending yet, but unless it's tried, we won't get any data either, right?