1st Edition
Black Communications and Learning to Read Building on Children's Linguistic and Cultural Strengths
By Terry Meier
Copyright 2007
350 Pages
by
Routledge
350 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is about effective literacy instruction for students in grades K-4 who use the language variety that many linguists call African American English, but which, as explained in the Introduction, the author calls Black Communications (BC). Throughout, considerable attention is given to discussing the integral and complex interconnections among African American language, culture, and history,... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: What Is Black Communications? A Whole Communicative System. Other Important Aspects of the System. Part II: Language Socialization in the African American Discourse Community. Language in the Air. Children Using Language. Part III: Using African American Children’s Literature to Teach Essential Comprehension Strategies. Drawing on Children’s Strengths. Making Connections. Visualizing and Inferring. Questioning and Summarizing/Retelling. Part IV: Children Using Language. Emergent Literacy. Fostering Phonological and Phonemic Awareness. Black Communications and Phonics Instruction. Implications for Research and Practice.
Biography
Terri Meier (Author)
