scholarly journals Writing Differences in Teacher Performance Assessments: An Investigation of African American Language and Edited American English

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Y. Szpara ◽  
E. Caroline Wylie
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American English ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Performance Assessments ◽  
African American Language

Addressing African American English in Early Literacy Assessment and Instruction

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Patton Terry
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Early Literacy ◽  
American English ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
African American English ◽  
Literacy Assessment ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Early Literacy Assessment

Abstract Determining how best to address young children's African American English use in formal literacy assessment and instruction is a challenge. Evidence is not yet available to discern which theory best accounts for the relation between AAE use and literacy skills or to delineate which dialect-informed educational practices are most effective for children in preschool and the primary grades. Nonetheless, consistent observations of an educationally significant relation between AAE use and various early literacy skills suggest that dialect variation should be considered in assessment and instruction practices involving children who are learning to read and write. The speech-language pathologist can play a critical role in instituting such practices in schools.

Zero Marking of Past Tense in Child African American English

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 173-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Lee ◽  
Janna B. Oetting
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American English ◽  
African American English ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Grammatical Function

Zero marking of the simple past is often listed as a common feature of child African American English (AAE). In the current paper, we review the literature and present new data to help clinicians better understand zero marking of the simple past in child AAE. Specifically, we provide information to support the following statements: (a) By six years of age, the simple past is infrequently zero marked by typically developing AAE-speaking children; (b) There are important differences between the simple past and participle morphemes that affect AAE-speaking children's marking options; and (c) In addition to a verb's grammatical function, its phonetic properties help determine whether an AAE-speaking child will produce a zero marked form.

African American Language

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Kohn ◽  
Walt Wolfram ◽  
Charlie Farrington ◽  
Jennifer Renn ◽  
Janneke Van Hofwegen
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Language

Linguistic policies for African American language speakers: Moving from anti-Blackness to pro-Blackness

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-241
Author(s):  
Gloria Swindler Boutte ◽  
Mary E. Earick ◽  
Tambra O. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Language
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