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1TESOL Assumptions & Dialect RealityDialects are largely irrelevant to TESOL Dialect choices are inevitable and consequential in acquiring English

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REALITYDialects are incidental by-products of the normative, standard English taught in TESOL Dialects are highly patterned, intricate aspects of local accommodation related to acquiring English

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TESOL Assumptions & Dialect RealityESL learners are more tolerant of dialect diversity than native English speakers ESL learners develop dialect prejudices and stereotypes comparable to native English speakers 4MYTH

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TESOL Assumptions & Dialect RealityTESOL programs have little to gain from considering information about English dialects There is great benefit--theoretically and practically from the integration of information about dialects into TESOLThe Southern Shift

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