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Student Characteristics
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Some examples of Inappropriate Responses
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Some Examples of Possible Impact on Student
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Diverse Cultural Assumptions
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- Negative attitudes towards dialect variation
- Lower student expectations
- Excessive interruptions
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- Lowered self-image
- Lowered achievement and excessive special education placements
- Low student participation; disproportionately low placement in talented and gifted
programs
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Diverse Verbal Behavior
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- Diversity ignored in teaching process
- Insufficient attention to student speech
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- Lowered self-expectations
- Excessive speech/language therapy placements
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Diverse Nonverbal Behavior
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- Frequent misunderstandings and misinterpretations of student
- Perception of student as disorganized
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- Lowered achievement in oral standard English
- Lowered achievement and academic self-concept
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Diverse Story-Telling and Conversational Rules
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- Perception of student as poor thinker
- Perception of communication differences as discipline problem
- Perception of communication differences as social insults (unintentional)
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- Perception of frequent social insults (unintentional) from teachers and other students
- Frequent misunderstandings and misinterpretations from personnel and other students
- Perception of negative school climate
- Interpersonal / intergroup conflicts
- Poor performance on tests and assessments
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