The Languages of Africa and the Diaspora: Educating for Language Awareness »

Jo Anne Kleifgen is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education and co-directs the Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her interests include discourse in multilingual classrooms, the use of new technologies to support Haitian and Latino bilingualism/biliteracy and communicative practices in high-tech, multilingual workplace settings.
George Clement Bond is the Director of the Center for African Education and William F. Russell Professor for Anthropology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. His interests include education and elite formation in the United States and Africa, African studies, African religions and politics, agrarian transformations and cultural dimensions of urban and minority populations.

This book takes a fresh look at subordinated vernacular languages in the context of African, Caribbean, and US educational landscapes, highlighting the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism for speakers of these languages. Chapters describe contravening movements toward various forms of linguistic diversity and offer a comprehensive approach to language awareness in educative settings.

1 Discourses of Linguistic Exceptionalism and Linguistic Diversity in Education Jo Anne Kleifgen Kleifgen, Jo Anne 1

Pt. 1 Language and Education in Africa

Introduction George C. Bond Bond, George C. 25

2 African Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Implications for Language Policy and Education Sinfree Makoni Makoni, Sinfree Barbara Trudell Trudell, Barbara 32

3 Language in Education in Africa: Can Monolingual Policies Work in Multilingual Societies? Casmir M. Rubagumya Rubagumya, Casmir M. 48

4 Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects of African Languages in Education: A Case Study of Kiswahili in Tanzania Peter C. K. Mtesigwa Mtesigwa, Peter C. K. 64

5 Languages, Literacies and Libraries: A View from Africa Kate Parry Parry, Kate 80

6 Street Setswana vs. School Setswana: Language Policies and the Forging of Identities in South African Classrooms Susan E. Cook Cook, Susan E. 96

Pt. 2 Language and Education in the Diaspora

Introduction Jo Anne Kleifgen Kleifgen, Jo Anne 119

7 Creole Exceptionalisrn and the (Mis)Education of the Creole Speaker Michel DeGraff DeGraff, Michel 124

8 Political and Cultural Dimensions of Creole as a Regional Language in the French Antilles Ellen M. Schnepel Schnepel, Ellen M. 145

9 Success or Failure? Language, Tracking and Social Stratification of Anglophone Caribbean Students Shondel Nero Nero, Shondel 162

10 Sierra Leonean and Liberian Students in ESL Programs in the US: The Role of Creole English Christa de Kleine de Kleine, Christa 178

11 Continued Marginalization: The Social Cost of Exceptionalism for African Refugee Learners of English Doris S. Warriner Warriner, Doris S. 199

12 LinguisticProfiling, Education and the Law within and beyond the African Diaspora John Baugh Baugh, John 214

13 On Shallow Grammar: African American English and the Critique of Exceptionalism Arthur K. Spears Spears, Arthur K. 231

14 African American English and the Public Interest Walt Wolfram Wolfram, Walt 249

15 Rockin' the Classroom: Using Hip Hop as an Educational Tool Jon A. Yosin Yosin, Jon A. 270

Index 287