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Contexts for Student AAE Use in the Classroom
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Hallett, Jill – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2015
This research examines students' use of African American English (AAE) in classrooms with varying levels of procedural and substantive engagement. In this study, classroom context is examined for type of engagement, turn length, and teacher response to student AAE use. Student AAE use is analyzed by ethnicity, gender, and teacher, and by features…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Language Usage, Language of Instruction
Literacy Crisis and Color-Blindness: The Problematic Racial Dynamics of Mid-1970s Language and Literacy Instruction for "High-Risk" Minority Students
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Lamos, Steve – College Composition and Communication, 2009
This article argues that mid-1970s discourses of literacy crisis prompted a problematic shift toward color-blind ideologies of language and literacy within both disciplinary and institutional discussions of writing instruction for "high-risk" minority students. It further argues that this shift has continuing import for contemporary…
Descriptors: Ideology, Literacy, Minority Groups, Race
Illinois Secondary Principals' Perceptions and Expectations Concerning Students Who Use African American Vernacular English in an Academic Setting
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McClendon, Garrard Overton – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigates principals' individual and aggregate perceptions of and expectations for students who use African American Vernacular English. Using the African American English Teacher Attitude Scale (AAETAS), the study seeks to describe the relationship between principals' demographic characteristics and their perceptions of African…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Black Dialects, Socioeconomic Status, Negative Attitudes