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Now in paperback, The Skin That We Speak takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly charged war of idioms and presents today's teachers with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English that we speak, in what Black Issues Book Review calls ""an essential text."" Edited by bestselling author Lisa Delpit and education professor Joanne Kilgour Dowdy, the book includes an extended new piece by Delpit herself, as well as groundbreaking work by Herbert Kohl, Gloria Ladson-Billings, and Victoria Purcell-Gates, as well as classic texts by Geneva Smitherman and Asa Hilliard. At a time when children are written off in our schools because they do not speak formal English, and when the class- and race-biased language used to describe those children determines their fate, The Skin That We Speak offers a cutting-edge look at crucial educational issues.

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Author:   Lisa Delpit ,  Joanne Kilgour Dowdy
Publisher:   The New Press
Imprint:   The New Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.296kg
ISBN:  

9781595583505

ISBN 10:   1595583505
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   26 June 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Preface vii LISA DELPIT Introduction xv LISA DELPIT Part One: Language and Identity C H A P T E R 1 Ovuh Dyuh 3 JOANNE KILGOUR DOWDY C H A P T E R 2 Ebonics: A Case History 15 ERNIE SMITH Part Two: Language in the Classroom C H A P T E R 3 No Kinda Sense 31 LISA DELPIT C H A P T E R 4 Trilingualism 49 JUDITH BAKER C H A P T E R 5 Some Basic Sociolinguistic Concepts 63 MICHAEL STUBBS C H A P T E R 6 Language, Culture, and the Assessment of African American Children 87 ASA G. HILLIARD III C H A P T E R 7 I ain’t writin’ nuttin’: Permissions to Fail and Demands to Succeed in Urban Classrooms 107 GLORIA J. LADSON-BILLINGS C H A P T E R 8 “. . . As Soon As She Opened Her Mouth!”: Issues of Language, Literacy, and Power 121 VICTORIA PURCELL-GATES Part Three: Teacher Knowledge C H A P T E R 9 Topsy-Turvies: Teacher Talk and Student Talk 145 HERBERT KOHL C H A P T E R 1 0 Toward a National Public Policy on Language 163 GENEVA SMITHERMAN C H A P T E R 1 1 The Clash of “Common Senses”: Two African American Women Become Teachers 179 SHUAIB MEACHEM C H A P T E R 1 2 “We don’t talk right. You ask him.” 203 JOAN WYNNE Appendix: Linguistic Society of America Resolution on the Oakland “Ebonics” Issue 221

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Although these lucid, accessible pieces speak most directly to teachers and would be teachers . . . the issues are broad enough to attract more general readers, especially parents. Publishers Weekly

Although these lucid, accessible pieces speak most directly to teachers and would be teachers . . . the issues are broad enough to attract more general readers, especially parents. -- Publishers Weekly

Although these lucid, accessible pieces speak most directly to teachers and would be teachers . . . the issues are broad enough to attract more general readers, especially parents. -Publishers Weekly

Although these lucid, accessible pieces speak most directly to teachers and would be teachers . . . the issues are broad enough to attract more general readers, especially parents. <i>Publishers Weekly</i>

Author Information

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is a professor of adolescent/adult literacy at Kent State University in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. A graduate of the Juilliard School in the theater division, Dr. Dowdy continues to use her drama training to prepare teachers for the literacy classroom and as a performer who facilitates writing development through interactive workshops. Her major research interests include documenting the experiences of black women involved in education from adult basic literacy to higher education. She has written or edited twelve books. Her book Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters was awarded the 2009 American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research Special Interest Group's Outstanding Book Award. She lives in Ohio. MacArthur Award winner Lisa Delpit is the Felton G. Clark Professor of Education at Southern University. The author of the bestsellingOther People's Childrenand ""Multiplication Is for White People,"" co-editor (with Joanne Kilgour Dowdy) ofThe Skin That We Speak, and editor of Teaching When the World Is on Fire(all published by The New Press), she lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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