AEMP
Reading List for Educators & Parents
AFRICAN AMERICAN LANGUAGE (AAL)
Origin and Historical Development of African American Language
Alleyne, M. C. (1971) The Linguistic Continuity of Africa in the
Caribbean. In H. Richards (Ed.), Topics in Afro-American studies.
(pp. 119-134). Buffalo, New York: Black Academy Press.
Baugh, J. (1983). Black street speech: Its history, structure and
survival. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Cran, W. (Producer and Director) (1986). VIDEO-The
Story of English, Program 5, Black on White. (Available from Home
Vision, Massachusetts, MacNeil-Lehrer Productions).
Dillard, J. L. (1972). Black English, Random House, New York.
Labov. W. (1983) Recognizing Black English in the Classroom. In J. W.
Chambers (Ed.), Black English Educational Equity and The Law.
(pp. 29-55). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Karoma Publishers, Inc.
Rickford, J. (1997). "The Development of African American Vernacular
English." In African American English, ed. by Salikoko S. Mufwene,
John R. Rickford, Guy Bailey and John Baugh. London: Reoutledge, 1997.
Salikoko, M., Rickford, J., Bailey, G., and Baugh, J., (Eds.1988). African
American English: Structure. History and Use. London: Routledge.
Smitherman, Geneva (1977). Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of
Black America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Taylor, H. (1991). Standard English, Black English, and Bidialectalism,
A Controversy. Peter Lang Publishing Inc., New York
Wiley, T. (1996). Literacy and Language Diversity in The United States.
McHenry, IL: Center for Applied Linguistics.
Williams, S. (1991). Classroom Use of African American Language: Educational
Tool or Social Weapon? In C. Sleeter (Ed.), Empowering Through Multicultural
Education (pp. 199-215). New York: State University
Instructional Strategies and Methodologies for facilitating
language and literacy in African American SELs
(Adger, C., Christian, D., & Taylor, O. (Eds.) (1999). Making
The Connection: Language and Academic Achievement Among African American
Students McHenry, IL: Center for Applied Linguistics.
Baugh, J. (1999a). African American Language and Educational Malpractice:
Out of the Mouths of Slaves. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Berdan, R. (1978). Dialect Fair Reading Instruction for Speakers
of Black English. Paper prepared for the Sociolinguistics of Reading
Session, Sociolinguistics Research Program, Ninth World Congress of
Sociology, Uppsala: National Institute of Education, Department of Health,
Education and Welfare.
Berdan, R. (1981). Design and implementation of language arts program
for speakers of nonstandard English: Perspectives for a national neighborhood
literacy program. In Bruce Cronell (Ed.), The linguistic needs or
linguistically different children (pp. 17-43). Los Alamitos, CA.
South West Regional Laboratory (SWRL).
Boykin, W., (1997). Cultural Factors in School-Relevant Cognitive
Functioning. Presentation at the Congressional Black Caucus Education
Forum, Washington D.C.
Brandt, R. (1990). On learning styles: A conversation with Pat Guild.
Educational Leadership 10-14.Brooks, Charlotte K. (Ed.). (1985).
Tapping Potential: English and language arts for the Black learner.
Urbana, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English
Cleary, L. & Linn, M. (1993). Linguistics For Teachers. McGraw-Hill,
Inc. New ¥ork.
Cooper, J. (1997). Literacy, Helping Children Construct Meaning-Third
Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Crawford, C. (Ed.), (2001) "Ebonics and Language Education".
Brooklyn, NY: Sankofa World Publishers
Cummins, J. (1981). "The role of primary language development in
promoting educational success for language minority students".
In Cummins, J. (1996) Negotiating Identities: Education for Empowerment
in a Diverse Society. Ontario, California Association for Bilingual
Education.
Dandy, Evelyn (1991) Black Communications, Breaking Down The Barriers,
African American Images; Chicago, Illinois.
Darling-Hammond, L. (1995). Teacher Knowledge and Student Learning:
Implications for Literacy Development. In L. Gadsden & D. Wagner
(Eds.), Literacy Among African-American Youth Issues in Learning,
Teaching, and Schooling. (pp.177-200). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press
Inc.
Delpit, L. D. (1992). Education in a Multicultural Society: Our Future’s
Greatest Challenge. Journal of Negro Ed. 61. 237-249.
Dummett, L. (1984). The persistent failure of black children in learning
to read. Reading World, 24, 31-37.
Labov, William. (1967). Some source of reading problems for speakers
of the Black English Vernacular. In A. Frazier (Ed.), New directions
in elementary English (pp. 140-67). Champaign, Illinois National
Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted in Labov (1972:3-35).
Labov, W. (1995). Can Reading Failure be Reversed: A Linguistic
Approach to the Question. In L. Gadsden & D. Wagner (Eds.),
Literacy Among African-American Youth Issues in Learning, Teaching,
and Schooling. (pp. 39-68). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press Inc.
LeMoine, N. (2001). Language Variation and Literacy Acquisition
in African American Students. In J. Harris, A. Kamhi, & K.
Pollock
(Eds.), Literacy in African American Communities (pp. 169-194).
Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
LeMoine, N. & L.A. Unified School District (1999). English for
Your Success: A Language Development Program for African American Students.
Handbook of Successful Strategies for Educators. New Jersey: The Peoples
Publishing Group.
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Children, et al., v. Ann
Arbor School District Board. (July, 1979) Civil Action No. 7- 71861,
US District Court.
Rickford, John R. and Angela E. Rickford. (1995). Dialect readers revisited.
Linguistics and Education 7.2:107-128. (Special issue: Africanized
English and Education.)
Simpkins, Gary A., G. Holt, and Charlesetta Simpkins. (1977). Bridge:
A cross-cultural reading program, first edition. Boston, Massachusetts:
Houghton-Mifflin.
Snow, C. (1983). Literacy and language: Relationships during the preschool
years. Harvard Educational Review, 53(2), 165-189.
HAWAIIAN AMERICAN LANGUAGE, MEXICAN AMERICAN LANGUAGE, AND NATIVE
AMERICAN LANGUAGE
Au, K. (1993). Literacy Instruction in Multicultural Settings.
Fort Worth, Texas: Harcourt Brace & Co.
Leap, William (1993). American Indian English. University of
Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
Mohatt, G., & Erickson, F. (1981). Cultural Differences in Teaching
Styles in an Odawa School: A Sociolinguistic Approach." In H. Ornstein-Galicia,
J. (1988). Form and Function in Chicano English. Krieger Publishing
Co. Malabar, Florida.
Sanchez, R. (1983). Chicano Discourse : Socio-historic Perspectives.
Arte Publico Press, University of Huston, Houston Texas
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY
Delpit, L. D. (1988). The Silenced Dialogue: Power and Pedagogy in Educating
Other People’s Children. Harvard Ed. Review 58.280-298.
Gay, G. (2000). Culturally Responsive Teaching, Theory, Research,
and Practice. New York and London, Teachers College Press
Hale-Benson, J. (1986) Black Children, Their Roots, Culture and Learning
Styles, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Harris, V. (1995). Using African American Literature in the Classroom.
In V. Gadsden, & D. Wagner (Eds.), Literacy Among African-American
Youth. New Jersey: Hampton Press Inc.
Hilliard, A, G. (1992). Behavioral style, culture, and teaching and
learning. Journal of Negro Education 61, 370-377.
Hollins, J. & Nobles, W. (1993). Understanding African American
Culture and Educating African American Children. San Francisco: Center
for Applied Cultural Studies and Educational Achievement.
Irvine, J., & Armento, B., (2001). Culturally Responsive Teaching,
Lesson Planning for Elementary and Middle Grades. New York, The
McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.
Ladson Billings, G. (1992). Liberatory Consequences of Literacy: A Case
of Culturally Relevant Instruction for African American Students. Journal
of Negro Education 61, 378-391.
Ladson Billings, G. (1994). The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers
of African American Children. Jossey-Bass Inc.
Ladson Billings, G. (1995). Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.
American Educational Research Journal Fall, 32, No. 3. 465-491.
Ogbu, J. (1978). Minority education and caste. New York: Academic
Press
Ogbu, J. (1992). Understanding Cultural Diversity and Learning. Educational
Researcher, 21. 5-14.
Ogbu, J. (1995). Literacy and Black Americans: Comparative Perspectives.
In V. Gadsden, & D. Wagner (Eds.), Literacy Among African-American
Youth. (pp. 83-100). New Jersey: Hampton Press Inc.
Shade, B. J. (1982). Afro-American Cognitive Style: A Variable in School
Success? Review of Ed. Research, 52. (2), 219-244.
Shade, B., Kelly, C., & Oberg, M., (1997). Creating Culturally Responsive
Classrooms. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association.
Smitherman, Geneva (1983). "What Go Round Come Round: King in Perspective"
in C. Brooks, Tapping Potential: English and Language Arts For The Black
Learner. Washington, D.C., NCTE.
Villegan, M. & Lucas, T. , (2002). Educating Culturally Responsive
Teachers, A Coherant Approach. Albany, State University of New York
Press
Reading list compiled by Noma Lemoine, Ph.D.
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Programs for Standard English Learners
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