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Author Ball, Arnetha F., 1950-

Title African American literacies unleashed : vernacular English and the composition classroom / Arnetha F. Ball and Ted Lardner ; with a foreword by Keith Gilyard.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 217 pages).
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series Studies in writing & rhetoric
Studies in writing & rhetoric.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
Contents How we got here -- Knowledge that needs to be gained : knowledge is important, but knowledge is not enough -- Reflecting on the pedagogies of others : community-based organizations as models -- Developing self-efficacy and reflective optimism : the process of moving beyond internalization -- Playin' the dozens : principles and practices for crafting classrooms that unleash students' literate possibilities -- Where we go from here : implications for writing program administrators, teacher educators, and researchers.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Summary This pioneering study of African American students in the composition classroom lays the groundwork for reversing the cycle of underachievement that plagues linguistically diverse students. African American Literacies Unleashed: Vernacular English and the Composition Classroom approaches the issue of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in terms of teacher knowledge and prevailing attitudes, and it attempts to change current pedagogical approaches with a highly readable combination of traditional academic discourse and personal narratives. Realizing that composition is a particular for.
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Subject African Americans -- Languages.
African Americans -- Languages.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching.
United States.
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching -- United States.
English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching.
English language -- Study and teaching -- United States.
English language -- Study and teaching.
African Americans -- Education.
African Americans -- Education.
Black English -- United States.
Black English.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Lardner, Ted.
Other Form: Print version: Ball, Arnetha F., 1950- African American literacies unleashed. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2005008770 (OCoLC)58789485
ISBN 9780809388240 (electronic book)
0809388243 (electronic book)
0809326590 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9780809326594 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0809326604 (paperback)
9780809326600 (paperback)