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Tommy is an African-American student who has recently moved from Boston to a small town in North Carolina. He is at-risk for being incorrectly identified as having a speech or language impairment because of his dialect and accent. What can his parents and teachers help him learn to do to avoid this?

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Answer:

Change his dialect

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Answer:

They can teach him how to pronounce certain words and proper naming of some things that he may be calling them with the names that are not common there in North Carolina.

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There are words that we learn locally in the vicinity where we live and these words may not be common words that are used widely by most people but are understood within that circle of community or society.

He may still be using those words or pronunciations that are used in Boston and now he may need to be taught how to pronounce certain words differently than what he is used to and change some names of things to common names that are used in North Carolina.

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