Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, And Education

by Nero, Shondel J.

• ISBN13: 9780805846591
• ISBN10: 080584659X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-03
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume brings together a multiplicity of voices on the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating students who are speakers of diverse or non-standard varieties of English, creoles, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, West African Pidgin English, and Indian English.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Peter Elbow
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	1	(18)
Shondel J. Nero
I WORLD ENGLISHES, CREOLES, AND EDUCATION
1 World Englishes and Language Education	19	(20)
Yamuna Kachru
2 Keeping Creoles and Dialects Out of the Classroom: Is It Justified?	39	(32)
Jeff Siegel
II AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH (AAVE)/EBONICS
3 Linguistics, Education, and the Ebonics Firestorm	71	(22)
John R. Rickford
4 What Should Teachers Do? Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction	93	(12)
Lisa Delpit
III CARIBBEAN CREOLE ENGLISH
5 Teaching English to Caribbean English Creole–Speaking Students in the Caribbean and North America	105	(14)
Lise Winer
6 Teaching Jamaican Creole–Speaking Students	119	(20)
Yvonne Pratt-Johnson
IV HAWAII CREOLE ENGLISH (HCE)/PIDGIN
7 Pidgin, Local Identity, and Schooling in Hawai'i	139	(28)
Diana Eades, Suzie Jacobs, Ermile Hargrove, and Terri Menacker
V HISPANIZED ENGLISH
8 The English of Latinos From a Plurilingual Transcultural Angle: Implications for Assessment and Schools	167	(18)
Ofelia Garcia and Kate Menken
9 Tex Mex, Metalingual Discourse, and Teaching College Writing	185
Michelle Hall Kells
VI WEST AFRICAN PIDGIN ENGLISH
10 West African World English Speakers in U.S. Classrooms: The Role of West African Pidgin English	205	(30)
Christa de Kleine
VII ASIAN ENGLISHES
11 Indian Versus American Students' Writing in English	235	(26)
Anam Govardhan
12 A Transplant Takes Root: Philippine English and Education	261	(22)
Ma. Lourdes G. Tayao
Conclusion	283	(6)
Shondel J. Nero
List of Contributors	289	(4)
Author Index	293	(8)
Subject Index	301