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Wheeler and Swords show K-6 teachers how to use code-switching and contrastive analysis to help students use prior knowledge to translate vernacular English into Standard English.When African American students write or say "Mama jeep is out of gas" or "The Earth revolve around the sun, " many teachers-labeling this usage poor English or bad grammar-assume that their students have problems with possession or don't know how to make subjects and ...

Authors describe dynamic learning of grammar and writing in classrooms where students explore the Ocracoke brogue and dialects of Appalachia, pursue billiard-ball models of meaning in text, and examine the language of science fiction.

A common concern of teachers in the English-speaking world is that students at all levels often show very little knowledge of grammar. As traditionally taught (if taught at all), grammar is a dry, prescriptive subject and one that students often dislike and therefore do not learn well. In this edited collection, distinguished teachers offer a vibrant alternative by sharing the ways in which they make grammar and writing interesting and excitin...

Eminent linguists tell the real stories behind prescriptivism, dialects, American Sign Language, the English-Only movement, language and politics, media communication, and other topics concerning language in society.

The essays in this book help to make sense of the workings of language in our everyday world-on the personal, local, national, and international levels. The authors are all linguists, seeking to help readers free themselves of language prejudices, thus opening the way to better informed views on the function of language in society, a more balanced treatment in schools, and more linguistically-sound public policies.Defusing Chicken-Little progn...