Abstract
Abstarct The role of attitude in the extensive underperformance reported among West Indian children in British schools is of critical importance. This includes both attitudes of the host community towards West Indians or people of West Indian descent; and attitudes of West Indians towards the host community and themselves. It will be suggested that there are strong links between attitudes towards a language and attitudes towards speakers of that language. Experiments designed to measure attitudes towards West Indian and British speech will be described, the results evaluated, and the implications for schools and teachers discussed.
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