Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-175) and index.
Contents:
"The Whig Party don't exist in my hood": knowledge, reality, and education in the hip hop nation -- The ebonics phenomenon, language planning, and the hegemony of standard English -- Developing academic English for standard English learners -- The art and science of teaching narrative reading comprehension: an innovative approach -- The power of the rap: the black idiom and the new black poetry -- Sounds bouncin off paper: black language memories and meditations -- African American communicative practices: improvisation, semantic license, and augmentation -- Linguistic emancipation in global perspective -- If our children are our future, why are we stuck in the past?: beyond the Anglicists and the Creolists, and toward social change -- Mother-tongue education and the African renaissance, with special reference to South Africa.
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