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Publication details [#5854]

Labov, William. 1972. The relation of reading failure to peer-group status. In Labov, William, ed. Language in the inner city: Studies in the black English vernacular. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 241–254.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

failure in L1-acquisition | peer group | reading, teaching of | school | urban community

Language as a subject

English, Black

Annotation

L. gives evidence for the claim that the major cause of reading failure is cultural and political conflict in the classroom (with special reference to users of Black English in the inner city).