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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"African American Language"”.

  1. African American Language: The Efficacy of Code-Switching and Contrastive Analysis on College Freshmen's Use of Standard English Features

    Holmes, Elizabeth Brown

    south-carolina Repository record

  2. (Re)mixin’ & flowin’: Examining the literacy practices of African American language speakers in an elementary two-way immersion bilingual program

    Frieson, Brittany LashoneUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2019

    This dissertation examined the ways in which African American Language (AAL) speakers utilized AAL in various discursive contexts in an elementary two-way immersion (TWI) Spanish/English dual-language program. In this study, I problematize the notion of TWI programs as an additive program for AAL …

    uiuc Repository record

  3. "Love is Lak de Sea": Figurative Language in Zora Neale Hurston's <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God</em>.

    Lima, Kalina Saraiva de2002

    … to investigate the use of Hurston’s figurative language in the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Metaphors, symbolism, and personification have always been present in the African American language. Hurston uses the richness of figurative language to depict the African American experience in …

    etsu Repository record

  4. A history of Black women faculty at Michigan State University, 1968 - 2009

    Smith, Marshanda Ann Latrice2012

    This dissertation examines the careers of African American women faculty at Michigan State University from the 1960s through 2009. In mid-1960s, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement and the Women's movement, the first generation of African American females gained employment as faculty …

    msu Repository record

  5. """You don't speak correct English"": Teacher knowledge about linguistic diversity/language acquisition and its role in pedagogy"

    Lee, Alice YUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … knowledge of linguistic diversity, particularly African American Language. This study is foregrounded by the language of all students and the ways teachers enact knowledge about this topic in their classrooms. Language is, after all, a foundation for all learning; academic content, assessment and …

    uiuc Repository record

  6. Counterstories of Black High School Students and Graduates of NYC Independent Schools: A Narrative Case Study

    Martin, Kahdeidra M.The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York2021

    … the specific, hyperlocal experiences of Black/African Descendant (BAD) students, who occupy several unique, unexplored spaces in educational research. The following four research questions helped to conceptualize the experiences that support and hinder the academic success and long term …

    cuny-grad Repository record