Other People's English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and African American Literacy (Working and Writing for Change) - Softcover

Young, Vershawn Ashanti; Barrett, Rusty; Young-Rivera, Y'Shanda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643170430 ISBN 13: 9781643170435

Verlag: Parlor Press, 2018

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AUTHORS: Vershawn Ashanti Young, Rusty Barrett, Y'Shanda Young-Rivera, and Kim Brian Lovejoy. SERIES: Working and Writing for Change edited by Steve Parks. With a new Foreword by April Baker-Bell and a new Preface by Vershawn Ashanti Young and Y'Shanda Young-Rivera, Other People's English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and African American Literacy presents an empirically grounded argument for a new approach to teaching writing to diverse students in the English language arts classroom. Responding to advocates of the "code-switching" approach, four uniquely qualified authors make the case for "code-meshing"--allowing students to use standard English, African American English, and other Englishes in formal academic writing and classroom discussions. This practical resource translates theory into a concrete road map for pre- and inservice teachers who wish to use code-meshing in the classroom to extend students' abilities as writers and thinkers and to foster inclusiveness and creativity. The text provides activities and examples from middle and high school as well as college and addresses the question of how to advocate for code-meshing with skeptical administrators, parents, and students. Other People's English provides a rationale for the social and educational value of code-meshing, including answers to frequently asked questions about language variation. It also includes teaching tips and action plans for professional development workshops that address cultural prejudices.

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Vershawn Ashanti Young is a scholar, writer, and performance artist who specializes in four areas of African American studies: language, literature, masculinity, and performance. He values collaborative academic work and in recent years has published with Frankie Condon a special issue of Across the Disciplines: "Anti-Racist Activism: Teaching Rhetoric and Writing" (2013); with Julie Naviaux, "Snap!: The Marlon Riggs Bibliography" (African American Review, 2012); with Bridget Harris Tsemo, From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances (2011); and with Aja Martinez, Code-Meshing as World English: Pedagogy, Policy, Performance (2011).

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• Verlag: Parlor Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1643170430
• ISBN 13: 9781643170435
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 202
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