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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
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- 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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