基本説明
Now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Delpit revisiting the politics of language instruction for students of color. This book presents today's teachers and parents with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English we speak and the layers of politics, power, and identity that those forms carry.
Full Description
A look at the politics of language instruction for students of colour. A fresh, cutting-edge work, The Skin that We Speak takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly-charged war of idioms - in which English only' means standard English only - and provides teachers and parents with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English spoken and the layers of politics, power and identity that those forms carry.'
Contents
ContentsPreface viiLISA DELPITIntroduction xvLISA DELPITPart One: Language and IdentityC H A P T E R 1 Ovuh Dyuh 3JOANNE KILGOUR DOWDYC H A P T E R 2 Ebonics: A Case History 15ERNIE SMITHPart Two: Language in the ClassroomC H A P T E R 3 No Kinda Sense 31LISA DELPITC H A P T E R 4 Trilingualism 49JUDITH BAKERC H A P T E R 5 Some Basic Sociolinguistic Concepts 63MICHAEL STUBBSC H A P T E R 6 Language, Culture, and the Assessmentof African American Children 87ASA G. HILLIARD IIIC H A P T E R 7 I ain't writin' nuttin': Permissions to Failand Demands to Succeed in Urban Classrooms 107GLORIA J. LADSON-BILLINGSC H A P T E R 8 ". . . As Soon As She Opened Her Mouth!":Issues of Language, Literacy, and Power 121VICTORIA PURCELL-GATESPart Three: Teacher KnowledgeC H A P T E R 9 Topsy-Turvies: Teacher Talk and Student Talk 145HERBERT KOHLC H A P T E R 1 0 Toward a National Public Policy onLanguage 163GENEVA SMITHERMANC H A P T E R 1 1 The Clash of "Common Senses": TwoAfrican American Women Become Teachers 179SHUAIB MEACHEMC H A P T E R 1 2 "We don't talk right. You ask him." 203JOAN WYNNEAppendix: Linguistic Society of America Resolution onthe Oakland "Ebonics" Issue 221
