Teaching About Dialect Variations and Language in Secondary English Classrooms: Power, Prestige, and Prejudice

Offering resources for secondary English teaching that respect students' language varieties as strengths on which to build, this text shows how to move from traditional correctionist techniques to a linguistically informed approach to dialects in the classroom.

Author: Michelle D. Devereaux
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 10/29/2014
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780415818469

About the Author

Michelle D. Devereaux is Assistant Professor of English and English Education, Kennesaw State University, USA.