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What's Up Wif Ebonics, Y'All?, Abha Gupta Jun 1999

What's Up Wif Ebonics, Y'All?, Abha Gupta

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

This paper examines the controversy surrounding the use of Ebonics among African American students in schools in the United States, with a twofold purpose: (1) to focus on the primary function of language as a tool of communication that varies in its use according to the social context; and (2) to provide suggestions to teachers of ways to support students' acquisition of standard English without devaluing the nonstandard variants they may have learned in their homes and communities. The discussion is highlighted in the paper with classroom stories, anecdotes, and vignettes. The paper contains the following sections: Introduction; The Ebonics …


Arco Iris De La Alfabetizacion: Educacion No Formal En Ecuador 25 Anos Despues, Ernique Tasiguano Muzo Jan 1999

Arco Iris De La Alfabetizacion: Educacion No Formal En Ecuador 25 Anos Despues, Ernique Tasiguano Muzo

Ecuador Project

No abstract provided.


Literacy's Rainbow: The Ecuador Nfe Project Twenty-Five Years Later, Ernique Tasiguano Muzo Jan 1999

Literacy's Rainbow: The Ecuador Nfe Project Twenty-Five Years Later, Ernique Tasiguano Muzo

Ecuador Project

No abstract provided.


Bibliotherapy : The Use Of Books As An Intervention With Children And Adolescents, Jennifer R. Schmidt Jan 1999

Bibliotherapy : The Use Of Books As An Intervention With Children And Adolescents, Jennifer R. Schmidt

Graduate Research Papers

Bibliotherapy is defined as "the use of literature and poetry in the treatment of people with emotional problems or mental illness" (Pardeck, 1994, p.421). The purpose of this paper is to explore bibliotherapy and to identify the advantages of using it with children and adolescents. Readers will gain an understanding of the stages of bibliotherapy, the goals of bibliotherapy, how to implement bibliotherapy into a counseling program, and the benefits and limitations of bibliotherapy. In addition, suggestions for working with specific client populations are given.


What Is Critical Literacy?, Ira Shor Jan 1999

What Is Critical Literacy?, Ira Shor

Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice

We are what we say and do. The way we speak and are spoken to help shape us into the people we become. Through words and other actions, we build ourselves in a world that is building us. That world addresses us to produce the different identities we carry forward in life: men are addressed differently than are women, people of color differently than whites, elite students differently than those from working families. Yet, though language is fateful in teaching us what kind of people to become and what kind of society to make, discourse is not destiny. We can …


Increasing Reading Comprehension Through Mediated Joint Activity, Stephanie Suzanne Lucero Jan 1999

Increasing Reading Comprehension Through Mediated Joint Activity, Stephanie Suzanne Lucero

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Applying English-As-A-Second-Language Methodologies To The Teaching Of Reading To Deaf Students, Cindy Michelle Walker Jan 1999

Applying English-As-A-Second-Language Methodologies To The Teaching Of Reading To Deaf Students, Cindy Michelle Walker

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Indigenously Authored And Illustrated Literature: An Answer To Esoteric Notions Of Literacy Among The Numanggang Adults Of Papua New Guinea, Barbara J. Hynum Jan 1999

Indigenously Authored And Illustrated Literature: An Answer To Esoteric Notions Of Literacy Among The Numanggang Adults Of Papua New Guinea, Barbara J. Hynum

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Literature Circles, Diane Maclennan Jan 1999

Literature Circles, Diane Maclennan

Graduate Research Papers

This paper is a review of the literature concerning the use of literature circles in elementary classrooms. The purpose of this paper is to present all aspects of literature circles, both the pros and cons, within the context of elementary classrooms. The content of the paper deals with the historical aspect of reading instruction, variations of literature circles, advantages of literature circles, and suggested guidelines for successful literature circles. This paper concludes that literature circles are a unique format for successful book discussions in which· students and teachers work collaboratively to enable optimal educational success.


The Good Language Class: Teacher Perceptions, Rosemary Senior Jan 1999

The Good Language Class: Teacher Perceptions, Rosemary Senior

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This is a qualitative, descriptive study of group processes in classes of adult language learners, viewed from the perspective of practising teachers. The study has an internal narrative which takes the reader through the process of the research, from the initial question raised by a casual classroom conversation to the discussion chapter which questions a number of assumptions underlying current English language teaching practices within western educational contexts. The study falls into two distinct phases. The first phase uses the constant comparative method of data collection and analysis to integrate the perceptions of 28 experienced language teachers into the following …