What is involved in acquiring a new dialect - for example, when
Canadian English speakers move to Australia or African American
English-speaking children go to school? How is such learning
different from second language acquisition (SLA), and why is it in
some ways more difficult? These are some of the questions Jeff
Siegel examines in this book, which focuses specifically on second
dialect acquisition (SDA). Siegel surveys a wide range of studies
that throw light on SDA. These concern dialects of English as well
as those of other languages, including Dutch, German, Greek,
Norwegian, Portuguese and Spanish. He also describes the individual
and linguistic factors that affect SDA, such as age, social
identity and language complexity. The book discusses problems faced
by students who have to acquire the standard dialect without any
special teaching, and presents some educational approaches that
have been successful in promoting SDA in the classroom.
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