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Liberatory Praxis in Preservice Teacher Education: Claiming Afrocentricity as Foundational in Critical Language and Literacy Teaching
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Wynter-Hoyte, Kamania; Long, Susi; Frazier, Jennipher; Jackson, Jarvais – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
Four teacher educators describe their work to establish Afrocentric foundations through integrating literacy and linguistic pluralism courses. We build on realities that teachers and children "do not learn, systematically and deeply, about Black genius and worth" (Baines, Tisdale, & Long, 2018, p. 20) in schools or universities nor…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, African American Culture, Multilingualism, Black Dialects
Raising the Volume of Student Voices through Grammar Instruction
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Warren, James E.; Otto, Karen – English in Texas, 2020
Teachers who seek to amplify student voice in the English Language Arts classroom must balance students' need for selfexpression with the TEKS requirement that students demonstrate command of standard English. Teachers also face a curricular landscape in which they are discouraged from teaching grammar in isolation but are held accountable for…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Grammar, Direct Instruction, Error Analysis (Language)
The Effects of Dialogic Reading on the Expressive Vocabulary of Pre-School Aged Children with Moderate to Severely Impaired Expressive Language Skills
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Ramsey, Wanda R.; Bellom-Rohrbacher, Kristen; Saenz, Terry – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dialogic reading on the expressive vocabulary skills of children with moderate to severe expressive impairments. Previous research has shown positive effects of dialogic reading on the language skills of children who are typically developing and on children who are at-risk for language…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development, Expressive Language
"It Ain't 'Nah' It's 'No'": Preparing Preschoolers for the Language of School
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Whittingham, Colleen E.; Hoffman, Emily Brown; Rumenapp, Joseph C. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2018
This research presents reflections from focus group discussions with childcare providers and parents of preschoolers in one African American community situated within a large Midwestern city in the United States. The purpose of this study was to examine parents' and childcare providers' conceptions of literacy and language related to school…
Descriptors: African American Children, Black Dialects, Language Usage, Parents
Dialect and Influences on the Academic Experiences of College Students
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Dunstan, Stephany Brett; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The dialects that college students speak represent a type of diversity that can influence many elements of their experiences in college, including academic experiences. In this study, we examined the influence of speaking a stigmatized dialect on academic experiences for White and African American students (both male and female) from rural…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Language Variation, Educational Experience
Writing Experiences of Community College Students with Self-Reported Writing Anxieties and Linguistic Insecurity: A Perspective for College Counselors
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Holland, Rochelle – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
This explanatory case study researched the writing experiences of 11 community college students who differed subculturally and who were all part of the African diasporic community. The theoretical perspectives used for this study were Arthur Chickering's (1969) classical concept of academic competence and community dialect theory (Baxter &…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Black Dialects