Teaching African American English to College Students: Ideological and Pedagogical Challenges and Solutions

While popular interest in African American English (AAE) has ebbed and flowed over the years, with controversy over its role in primary and secondary education garnering the most public attention, linguistic interest in the variety, including its structure, origins, development, and role in educatio...

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Published in:American speech 2012-06, Vol.87 (2), p.232-247
Main Author: Weldon, Tracey L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
American Studies
Applied linguistics
English language
Language teaching
Linguistics
Polls & surveys
Secondary education
Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics
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Summary:While popular interest in African American English (AAE) has ebbed and flowed over the years, with controversy over its role in primary and secondary education garnering the most public attention, linguistic interest in the variety, including its structure, origins, development, and role in education, has not waned in nearly half a century. In fact, a survey of linguistic research on varieties of American English published between 1965 and 1992 showed that there have been over five times more studies published on AAE than on any other variety of American English. Here, Weldon talks about the results of the survey that can provide useful information for those who teach AAE at college level.
ISSN:0003-1283
1527-2133
DOI:10.1215/00031283-1668244