Young black children's sentence comprehension skills: A comparison of performance in standard English and Jamaican Creole

Kevin Wheldall; Ruth Joseph

doi:10.1177/014272378600601705

Young black children's sentence comprehension skills: A comparison of performance in standard English and Jamaican Creole

Kevin Wheldall, Ruth Joseph

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A sample of 22 black children attending an inner city nursery school were assessed on a test of sentence comprehension in two forms: (a) Standard English and (b) Jamaican Creole. Order of presentation of test forms was balanced. The results showed that this sample of young black children performed significantly better on the Creole version than on the Standard English version. This was particularly pronounced for certain sentence structures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-154
Number of pages	6
Journal	First Language
Volume	6
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/014272378600601705
Publication status	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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