Yvonne Haig
List of John Benjamins publications in which Yvonne Haig is involved.
Articles
2005 Teacher perceptions of student speech: A quantitative study Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 28:2, pp. 44–59 | Article
This study reports on teachers’ attitudes towards their students’ speech varieties of English. A sample of 172 primary, district high and secondary teachers in Western Australian schools was surveyed on their attitudes towards language variation and towards their students’ use of specific English… read more
2003 Is it a case of mind over matter? Influences on teachers’ judgements of student speech Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 26:1, pp. 55–70 | Article
Although language variation is widespread and natural, it is subject to judgement. Where a standard language has developed, other varieties tend to be judged against its ‘standard’. While a number of overseas studies have found that this type of linguistic bias occurs in education and negatively… read more