We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom - Softcover

Charity Hudley, Anne H.; Mallinson, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807754986 ISBN 13: 9780807754986

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2013

Synopsis

We Do Language builds on the authors' highly acclaimed first collaboration, Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools, and examines the need to integrate linguistically informed teaching into the secondary English classroom. The book meets three critical goals for preparing English educators to ensure the academic success of their students. First, the book helps educators acquire a greater knowledge of language variation so they may teach their students to analyze the social, cultural, and linguistic dimensions of the texts they read in class. Second, the chapters provide specific information about language varieties that students bring with them to school so that educators can better assist students in developing the literacy skills necessary for the Common Core State Standards. Third, the text empowers educators to build their linguistic awareness so they may more fully understand, respect, and meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students.

We Do Language features concrete strategies, models, and vignettes, as well as classroom materials developed by English educators for English educators. It is essential reading for anyone interested in learning about the role that language plays in the experiences of students, both in secondary and postsecondary environments.

About this title

About the Author

Anne Harper Charity Hudley is Associate Professor of Education, English, Linguistics, and Africana Studies at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. She is also co-director of the William and Mary Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (WMSURE). Find the author's website at: annecharityhudley.com

Christine Mallinson is Associate Professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Gender and Women's Studies Program at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC). Find the author's website at: christinemallinson.com

From the Back Cover

"We Do Language is a theoretically well-grounded resource that is also accessible, practical, and adaptable as a tool for bringing success more deliberately to scale, and offers a provocative and invaluable paradigm for this process. This book is an enabling tool for helping teachers and those who prepare them to face--perhaps better than we ever have--the challenge of schooling in the English/language arts for the 21st century."

--Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ivan Allen Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology and Dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807754986
• ISBN 13: 9780807754986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176