Dialects At School

Author : Jeffrey Reaser,Carolyn Temple Adger,Walt Wolfram,Donna Christian
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317678984

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Dialects at School by Jeffrey Reaser,Carolyn Temple Adger,Walt Wolfram,Donna Christian Pdf

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students’ speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders. It approaches these issues from a practical perspective rooted in sociolinguistic research, with a focus on the research base for accommodating dialect differences in schools. Expanded coverage includes research on teaching and learning and attention to English language learners. All chapters include essential information about language variation, language attitudes, and principles of handling dialect differences in schools; classroom-based samples illustrating the application of these principles; and an annotated resources list for further reading. The text is supported by a Companion Website (www.routledge.com/cw/Reaser) providing additional resources including activities, discussion questions, and audio/visual enhancements that illustrate important information and/or pedagogical approaches. Comprehensive and authoritative, Dialects at School reflects both the relevant research bases in linguistics and education and educational practices concerning language variation. The problems and examples included are authentic, coming from the authors’ own research, observations and interactions in public school classrooms, and feedback in workshops. Highlights include chapters on oral language and reading and writing in dialectally diverse classrooms, as well as a chapter on language awareness for students, offering a clear and compelling overview of how teachers can inspire students to learn more about language variation, including their own community language patterns. An inventory of dialect features in the Appendix organizes and expands on the structural descriptions presented in the chapters.

Author : Carolyn Temple Adger,Walt Wolfram,Donna Christian
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135554873

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Dialects in Schools and Communities by Carolyn Temple Adger,Walt Wolfram,Donna Christian Pdf

This book describes dialect differences in American English and their impact on education and everyday life. It explores some of the major issues that confront educational practitioners and suggests what practitioners can do to recognize students’ language abilities, support their language development, and expand their knowledge about dialects. Topics addressed include: *popular concerns about the nature of language variation; *characteristic structures of different dialects; *various interactive patterns characteristic of social groups; *the school impacts of dialect differences in speaking, writing, and reading, including questions about teaching Standard English; and *the value of dialect education in schools to enable students to understand dialects as natural and normal language phenomena. Changes in the Second Edition: In this edition the authors reconsider and expand their discussion of many of the issues addressed in the first edition and in other of their earlier works, taking into account especially the research on dialects and publications for audiences beyond linguistics that have appeared since the first edition. This edition is offered as an updated report on the state of language variation and education in the United States. Dialects in Schools and Communities is rooted in questions that have arisen in workshops, surveys, classes, discussion groups, and conversations with practitioners and teacher educators. It is thus intended to address important needs in a range of educational and related service fields. As an overview of current empirical research, it synthesizes current understandings and provides key references—in this sense it is a kind of translation and interpretation in which the authors’ goal is to bring together the practical concerns of educators and the vantage point of sociolinguistics. No background in linguistics or sociolinguistics is assumed on the part of the reader. This volume is intended for teacher interns and practicing teachers in elementary and secondary schools; early childhood specialists; specialists in reading and writing; speech/language pathologists; special education teachers; and students in various language specialties.

Author : Jenny Cheshire
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853590355

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Dialect and Education by Jenny Cheshire Pdf

All European countries face educational problems that result from the co-existence of a national standard variety of language and a range of indigenous dialects. There has been a considerable amount of serious research into the issues during the last 25 years, particularly in Continental Europe, but until now relatively little of this research has been published in English.

Author : Michelle D. Devereaux
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136675195

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Teaching About Dialect Variations and Language in Secondary English Classrooms by Michelle D. Devereaux Pdf

Standardized tests demand Standard English, but secondary students (grades 6-12) come to school speaking a variety of dialects and languages, thus creating a conflict between students’ language of nurture and the expectations of school. The purpose of this text is twofold: to explain and illustrate how language varieties function in the classroom and in students’ lives and to detail linguistically informed instructional strategies. Through anecdotes from the classroom, lesson plans, and accessible narrative, it introduces theory and clearly builds the bridge to daily classroom practices that respect students’ language varieties and use those varieties as strengths upon which secondary English teachers can build. The book explains how to teach about language variations and ideologies in the classroom; uses typically taught texts as models for exploring how power, society, and identity interact with language, literature, and students’ lives; connects the Common Core State Standards to the concepts presented; and offers strategies to teach the sense and structure of Standard English and other language variations, so that all students may add Standard English to their linguistic toolboxes.

Author : Mary J. Schleppegrell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135620929

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The Language of Schooling by Mary J. Schleppegrell Pdf

This book builds on current sociolinguistic and discourse-analytic studies of language in school, but adds a new dimension--the framework of functional linguistic analysis. It will enable researchers and students of language in education to rec

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309153867

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Language Diversity, School Learning, and Closing Achievement Gaps by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap Pdf

The Workshop on the Role of Language in School Learning: Implications for Closing the Achievement Gap was held to explore three questions: What is known about the conditions that affect language development? What are the effects of early language development on school achievement? What instructional approaches help students meet school demands for language and reading comprehension? Of particular interest was the degree to which group differences in school achievement might be attributed to language differences, and whether language-related instruction might help to close gaps in achievement by helping students cope with language-intensive subject matter especially after the 3rd grade. The workshop provided a forum for researchers and practitioners to review and discuss relevant research findings from varied perspectives. The disciplines and professions represented included: language development, child development, cognitive psychology, linguistics, reading, educationally disadvantaged student populations, literacy in content areas (math, science, social studies), and teacher education. The aim of the meeting was not to reach consensus or provide recommendations, but rather to offer expert insight into the issues that surround the study of language, academic learning, and achievement gaps, and to gather varied viewpoints on what available research findings might imply for future research and practice. This book summarizes and synthesizes two days of workshop presentations and discussion.

Author : Robert Macneil,William Cran
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307423573

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Do You Speak American? by Robert Macneil,William Cran Pdf

Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish

Author : Michael Stubbs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136469923

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Language, Schools and Classrooms (RLE Edu L Sociology of Education) by Michael Stubbs Pdf

The role of language is central in education – but there is much debate about the exact relation between children’s language and their educational success. The author provides a clear guide to the basic issues in the debates over language deficit, standard English and classroom language, and in this edition he shows how work in sociolinguistics can give a better understanding of the place of language in education and society.

Author : Lisa Delpit,Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
Publisher : New Press/ORIM
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781595585844

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The Skin That We Speak by Lisa Delpit,Joanne Kilgour Dowdy Pdf

“Lucid, accessible” research on classroom language bias for educators and “parents concerned about questions of power and control in public schools” (Publishers Weekly). In this collection of twelve essays, MacArthur Fellow Lisa Delpit and Kent State University Associate Professor Joanne Kilgour Dowdy take a critical look at the issues of language and dialect in the education system. The Skin That We Speak moves beyond the highly charged war of idioms to present teachers and parents with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English spoken today. At a time when children who don’t speak formal English are written off in our schools, and when the class- and race-biased language used to describe those children determines their fate, The Skin That We Speak offers a cutting-edge look at this all-important aspect of education. Including groundbreaking work by Herbert Kohl, Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, and Victoria Purcell-Gates, as well as classic texts by Geneva Smitherman and Asa Hilliard, this volume of writing is what Black Issues Book Review calls “an essential text.” “The book is aimed at helping educators learn to make use of cultural differences apparent in language to educate children, but its content guarantees broader appeal.” —Booklist “An honest, much-needed look at one of the most crucial issues in education today.” —Jackson Advocate

Author : Peter Trudgill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760559403

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Accent, Dialect and the School by Peter Trudgill Pdf

Author : Harold Rosen,Tony Burgess
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032601531

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Languages and Dialects of London School Children by Harold Rosen,Tony Burgess Pdf

Author : Li Yuming,Li Wei
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501511417

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The Language Situation in China by Li Yuming,Li Wei Pdf

China, with the world's largest population, numerous ethnic groups and vast geographical space, is also rich in languages. Since 2006, China's State Language Commission has been publishing annual reports on what is called "language life" in China. These reports cover language policy and planning invitatives at the national, provincial and local levels, new trends in language use in a variety of social domains, and major events concerning languages in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Now for the first time, these reports are available in English for anyone interested in Chinese languge and linguistics, China's languge, education and social policies, as well as everyday language use among the ordinary people in China. The invaluable data contained in these reports provide an essential reference to researchers, professionals, policy makers, and China watchers.

Author : Staci Perryman-Clark,David E. Kirkland,Austin Jackson
Publisher : Bedford/St. Martin's
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1457641291

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Students' Right to Their Own Language by Staci Perryman-Clark,David E. Kirkland,Austin Jackson Pdf

Students’ Right to Their Own Language collects perspectives from some of the field’s most influential scholars to provide a foundation for understanding the historical and theoretical context informing the affirmation of all students’ right to exist in their own languages. Co-published with the National Council for Teachers of English, this critical sourcebook archives decades of debate about the implications of the statement and explores how it translates to practical strategies for fostering linguistic diversity in the classroom.

Author : Peter Trudgill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:819669306

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Accent, Dialect and the School by Peter Trudgill Pdf

Author : Carolyn Temple Adger,Catherine E. Snow,Donna Christian
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781788920209

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What Teachers Need to Know About Language by Carolyn Temple Adger,Catherine E. Snow,Donna Christian Pdf

Rising enrollments of students for whom English is not a first language mean that every teacher – whether teaching kindergarten or high school algebra – is a language teacher. This book explains what teachers need to know about language in order to be more effective in the classroom, and it shows how teacher education might help them gain that knowledge. It focuses especially on features of academic English and gives examples of the many aspects of teaching and learning to which language is key. This second edition reflects the now greatly expanded knowledge base about academic language and classroom discourse, and highlights the pivotal role that language plays in learning and schooling. The volume will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, professional development specialists, administrators, and all those interested in helping to ensure student success in the classroom and beyond.