LINGUIS 155AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: African-American Vernacular English And Education, Language Ideology, Standard Language
12 Jan 2017
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Video: oakland school district acknowledge ebonics as black english. (deviate from order in syllabus) Education of african american children primary language . Bridge gap because students do not speak standard english. Usage of teaching strategy - to teach standard english. Different areas in ebonics that differ from standard english (classified as bad english) i am here - she here . Aa genetically based and not a dialect of english. Dna of slaves when they came over --- meant as descendent as - language. Aa possess and utilize language described as ebonics . Build capacities for students who have limited english proficiency. African american vernacular - so oakland school teaching them standard. Ebonics known as slang , lazy , ungrammatical - incorrect. Accommodation vs. resistance to the wider society. Facilitate speech vs resist by using identity and push one way. Belief about language that members of a society or social group share. Nonstandard english (may be) bad (incorrect) or slang.
