African American Literacies Unleashed: Vernacular English and the Composition Classroom

by Arnetha F. Ball, Ted Lardner, Associate Professor Ted Lardner

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809326604
• ISBN13: 9780809326600
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A most helpful perspective for all teachers

The authors enable readers to weave African American Vernacular English into standard English in such as way as to imagine that such mingling can be the basis for powerful writing by those who ordinarily use AAVE, unlike many of us who have not developed an "ear" for it. This text is a mind-opener, and yet compelling in its presentation.