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TAPESTRY Module 5: Dialect Variety and ESOL

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Related Web Sites

 

Articles

(Documents may be obtained through ERIC.gov)

  • Jones, K. (2001).  "I've Called'em Tom-ah-toes All My Life and I'm Not Going to Change!": Maintaining Linguistic Control Over English Identity in the U.S., Social Forces, March 2001, 79(3), 1061-1094.

  • Reagan, T. (1997).  The Case for Applied Linguistics in Teacher Education (Teacher Education and Curriculum Standards), Journal of Teacher Education, May-June 1997, 48(3), 185-197.

  • Adger, C., (1997). Issues and Implications of English Dialects for Teaching Engiish as a Second Language, TESOL Professional Papers #3. (ERIC Document No. ED 420994)

  • Wolfram, W. et al. (1993). The Sociolinguistic Complexity of Quasi-Isolated Southern Coastal Communities, paper presented at a Meeting on Language Variation in the South (Auburn, AL, April 1993). (ERIC Document No. ED 360818)

  • Wolfram, W. (1990). Dialect Differences and Testing. (ERIC Document No. ED 323813)

  • Sledd, J. (1984). Teaching Standard English: False Premises and False Promises (ERIC Document No. ED 248529)

  • Christian, D. (1984). Variation and Change in Geographically Isolated Communities: Appalachian English and Ozark English, pp. 96-147 (A-prefixing) (ERIC Document No. ED 246682)

  • Wolfram, W. & Christian, D. (1975).  Sociolinguistic Variables in Appalachian Dialects (ERIC Document No. ED 112687)

Books

  • Skutnabb-Kangas, T. (2000). Linguistic Genocide in Education—Or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights?, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 147-155 and pp. 425-9.

  • McWhorter, J. (2000). Spreading the Word: Language and Dialect in America, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
    Abstract available in ERIC Document No. ED 442283.
    Review available online.

  • Preston, D. (Ed.), (1999). Handbook of perceptual dialectology ISBN: 1556195346

  • McWhorter, J. (1998). The Word on The Street: Fact and Fable About American English, New York: Plenum Trade. ISBN: 0306459949

  • Egan-Robertson, A. (Ed), Bloome, D. (Ed)., (1998). Students as Researchers of Culture and Language in their Own Communities. Language & Social Processes [Series]

  • Kral, T. (Ed)., (1997). Being People: An Anthropology for Non-Native Speakers of English (more information available on ERIC ED 419398)

  • Lippi-Green, R. (1997). English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States, London: Routledge.

  • Bolinger, D. (1980). Language—The Loaded Weapon: The Use & Abuse of Language Today, Longman. Chapter 6.

Media

  • American tongues [video], Center for New American Media, Inc; producers, directors, screenwriters, Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker, New York, NY : The Center, 1987

  • Yeah you rite! [video], Center for New American Media; Alvarez, L. & Kolker, A. (directors), New York, NY., Cinema Guild, 1985

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