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'It's Just How We Articulate the Blackness in Us': African American Teachers, Black Students, and African American Language
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Danielle Marie Greene – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2024
This study investigates the role of African American Language (AAL) and *Standardized American English (*SAE) in Black/African American same-race teacher-student relationships. The teachers in this study (1) used AAL as a valuable tool for building rapport and trust with their students; (2) were aware of their positions as linguistic role models;…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, English, African American Culture
(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 Racist Use of the English Language
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Burgest, David R. – Black Scholar, 1973
Argues that the African's struggle to survive the racist language may be seen as psychological rejection and resistance to mastering the language, and advocates the development of a language of African Humanism. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: African History, Black Dialects, Black Stereotypes, Cultural Images