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Ebonics: The Urban Education Debate » (2ND)

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Authors: David Ramirez, J. David Ramirez
ISBN-13: 9781853597961, ISBN-10: 1853597961
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: 2ND

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Author Biography: David Ramirez

Book Synopsis

Seven leading scholars contribute six papers written in response to the national controversy that erupted following the 1996 Resolution on Ebonics by the Oakland Unified School District in California. The updated, second edition of the text reflects the ongoing media coverage, attacks by Ebonics critics, and scholarly analyses of the issues by linguists and educators since the 1996 Oakland Resolution. Also included are the texts of relevant documents and materials that accompanied the 1996 controversy, and a listing of media articles appearing after the 2000 first edition of this text. No subject index. Distributed in the U.S. by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

1Ebonics : background to the current policy debate3
2Using the vernacular to teach the standard18
3Educational implications of ebonics41
4Black language and the education of black children : one mo once49
5Ebonics and education in the context of culture : meeting the language and cultural needs of LEP African American students62
6Language varieties in the school curriculum : where do they belong and how will they get there?96
AOriginal Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) resolution on ebonics115
BCongressional response, 105th Congress135
CMartin Luther King Junior School v. Ann Arbor School District Board155
DA linguist looks at the ebonics debate161
Ebonics and linguistic science : clarifying the issues170
Dialect readers revisited178
Congressional testimony180
EPolicy statement of the TESOL board on African American vernacular English185
Policy statement of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) on the application of dialect knowledge to education186
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) statement to the media on ebonics189
California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) position statement on ebonics191
FScholarly references and news titles199

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