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The skin that we speak : thoughts on language and culture in the classroom / edited by Lisa Delpit and Joanne Kilgour Dowdy.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Native language and education.
- English language--Study and teaching.
- English language.
- English language--Dialects--Social aspects.
- Multicultural education.
- Language policy.
- English language--Dialects.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 229 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- A powerful and sophisticated reminder that words can indeed do as much damage as sticks and stones, "The Skin That We Speak" takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly charged war of idioms and presents today's teachers with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English they speak and the layers of politics, power, and identity those varieties carry.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Language and Identity
- Chapter 1 Ovuh Dyuh / Joanne Kilgour Dowdy 3
- Chapter 2 Ebonics: A Case History / Ernie Smith 15
- Part 2 Language in the Classroom
- Chapter 3 No Kinda Sense / Lisa Delpit 31
- Chapter 4 Trilingualism / Judith Baker 49
- Chapter 5 Some Basic Sociolinguistic Concepts / Michael Stubbs 63
- Chapter 6 Language, Culture, and the Assessment of African American Children / Asa G. Hilliard III 87
- Chapter 7 I ain't writin' nuttin': Permissions to Fail and Demands to Succeed in Urban Classrooms / Gloria J. Ladson-Billings 107
- Chapter 8 "... As Soon As She Opened Her Mouth!": Issues of Language, Literacy, and Power / Victoria Purcell-Gates 121
- Part 3 Teacher Knowledge
- Chapter 9 Topsy-Turvies: Teacher Talk and Student Talk / Herbert Kohl 145
- Chapter 10 Toward a National Public Policy on Language / Geneva Smitherman 163
- Chapter 11 The Clash of "Common Senses": Two African American Women Become Teachers / Shuaib Meacham 179
- Chapter 12 "We don't talk right. You ask him." / Joan Wynne 203
- Appendix Linguistic Society of America Resolution on the Oakland "Ebonics" Issue 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219, 225-226).
- ISBN:
- 1565845447
- OCLC:
- 47271553
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