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(Re)Mixin' & Flowin': Examining the Literacy Practices of African American Language Speakers in an Elementary Two-Way Immersion Bilingual Program
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Brittany Lashone Frieson – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation examined the ways in which African American Language (AAL) speakers utilized AAL in various discursive contexts in an elementary two-way immersion (TWI) Spanish/English dual-language program. In this study, I problematize the notion of TWI programs as an additive program for AAL speakers by investigating the phenomenon from three…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Dialects, Bilingual Education, Spanish
The Role of Instructors' Sociolinguistic Language Awareness in College Writing Courses: A Discourse Analytic/Ethnographic Approach
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Williams, Kathleen Clagett – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Grounded in literature on the miseducation of students whose native varieties of English differ most noticeably from the standard academic variety (Delpit 2006; Labov 1972a; Rickford 1999; Smitherman 1999; Wolfram, Adger, and Christian 1999; Wolfram and Schilling-Estes 2006), this dissertation examines the links between the sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Ethnography, Language Variation, Sociolinguistics
Language and Literacy: The Effectiveness of the MELD on CST Scores for Black American Students
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Wider, Elizabeth Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This quantitative correlational study examines the role of African American English (AAE) and literacy for Black American students who speak AAE. No previous research regarding Black American students who speak AAE has set out to determine whether or not viewing Black students who speak AAE as English second language learners (L2) would improve…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Literacy Education, Second Language Learning
Instructional Strategies Perceived by Elementary School Principals and Fourth-Grade Teachers that Substantially Support the Development of Standard English Language Skills and Reading Proficiency in African American Students
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Johnston, Kenneth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine which instructional strategies elementary school principals and fourth-grade teachers perceive substantially support the development of Standard English language skills and reading proficiency in African American students. Methodology: The study used a descriptive case study. The findings were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, African American Students, Articulation (Speech)