What I Learned and What I Learnt: Teaching English While Honoring Language and Culture at a Predominantly Black Institution by Williams, Concetta A.

What I Learned and What I Learnt: Teaching English While Honoring Language and Culture at a Predominantly Black Institution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781475839395)

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What I Learned and What I Learnt: Teaching English While Honoring Language and Culture at a Predominantly Black Institution by Williams, Concetta A.

What I Learned and What I Learnt: Teaching English While Honoring Language and Culture at a Predominantly Black Institution

$26.00
What I Learned and What I Learnt: Teaching English While Honoring Language and Culture at a Predominantly Black Institution by Williams, Concetta A.

What I Learned and What I Learnt: Teaching English While Honoring Language and Culture at a Predominantly Black Institution

$26.00
Format: Paperback
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African Americans have viewed literacy as a key to upward mobility and freedom since before America's Reconstruction Era. However, African American's academic achievement continues to be plagued by the ever-widening achievement gap especially when their literacy skills are measured by standardized assessments that do not consider or value their culture, their experiences It is common to think that this is an issue in K-12 settings. However, research and practical experiences suggest that African American students' achievement continues to be affected at the post-secondary level where they are likely to be taught by faculty who have limited experience with the nuances of Black English (or African American Vernacular English AAVE). This book steps into that gap by offering a resource for teaching speakers of AAVE at the post-secondary level.



Author: Concetta A. Williams, Lydia Brown Magras
ISBN-10: 1475839391
ISBN-13: 9781475839395
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/27/2018
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d
By Concetta A. Williams
By Concetta A. Williams
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Concetta A. Williams is an assistant professor of English at Chicago State University. Her research focuses on using literature to examine the experiences of urban youth, broadening the definition of literacy in an effort to better identify and understand perceptions of literate behavior in academic settings, and working with diverse student populations (first-year, first-generation). Lydia Magras is an independent scholar whose research interests include Urban and Cultural Literacies, Spirituality and Literature, and Women's Literature. She has presented her research before the National Council of Black Studies, the Association for the Study of African American History and Life, and the Conference of Religion, Literature, and the Arts.

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