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1 | BLACK AMERICAN ENGLISH. NO CHILD LEFT | 41 | BOOK; SCRILLA; CAKE MONEY BOUNCE LEAVE |
BEHIND © 2003 MAURICE M. MARTINEZ, Ph.D. | [“LET’S BOUNCE”] WE OUT-TEE WE ARE LEAVING | ||
WATSON SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNC WILMINGTON | JETTIN’; DIPPIN’ LEAVING QUICKLY SCRUB A | ||
martinezm@uncw.edu (910)962-4279. | BUM; NOT GOOD IN SPORTS OR ANYTHING STEP | ||
2 | TO SUCCEED IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD. IN | OFF BACK OFF; BEAT IT; LAY OFF; CROKE YO A | |
MAINSTREAM AMERICA, TO BE UNDERSTOOD IS TO | CALL TO SOMEBODY FRESH NEW A’IGHT or I-GHT | ||
BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND TO USE STANDARD | OK, ALL RIGHT SICK GOOD LOOKING SNEAKERS | ||
ENGLISH. WHAT IS STANDARD ENGLISH [SE]? | TYPE VERY [“I’M TYPE HUNGRY!”]. | ||
STANDARD ENGLISH IS THE ENGLISH SPOKEN ON | 42 | WORDS ARE WORDS. IF THE BLACK ENGLISH | |
THE MAJOR NATIONAL TV NETWORKS: NBC, CBS, | SPEAKER LACKS A STANDARD ENGLISH WORD, HE | ||
ABC, CNN, etc. IN A MIDWESTERN (MINNESOTA | HAS A REPERTOIRE OF SLANG WORDS IN HIS | ||
TO MICHIGAN) DIALECT KNOWN AS “AMERICAN | VOCABULARY AVAILABLE FOR USE. IN THE | ||
STANDARD ENGLISH” [ASE]. STANDARD ENGLISH | AVOIDANCE OF PENDING CONFLICTS, ARGUMENTS, | ||
IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE “LANGUAGE OF WIDER | OR FIGHTS, TEACHERS SHOULD TUNE IN TO | ||
COMMUNICATION” [LWC] BECAUSE OF ITS | ADDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS LIKE: [BE] [SE] WHY | ||
WIDESPREAD USE IN THE MEDIA. | YOU ALWAYS GRILLIN’ ME? WHY ARE YOU | ||
3 | THERE ARE TWO SETS OF NORMS IN [SE]: | STARING AT ME? WHY YOU TRIPPIN’ WHY ARE | |
INFORMAL STANDARD [USUALLY SPOKEN, | YOU GETTING UPSET? WHY YOU ALWAYS IN MY | ||
SOMETIMES IN A REGIONAL DIALECT, WITH | GRILL? WHY ARE YOU IN MY BUSINESS? NONE OF | ||
DISTINCTIVE PRONUNCIATION PATTERNS | YO’ BEESWACK? NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS SEE ME | ||
PREFERRED BY A GROUP OF SPEAKERS WHO ARE | FIVE TAKE IT OUTSIDE; LATER ON WE’RE GOING | ||
SET OFF FROM OTHERS GEOGRAPHICALLY, | TO FIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. A’IGHT, I’M DOWN. | ||
SOCIALLY, AND CULTURALLY] (Wolfram, et al, | ALL RIGHT, I’LL BE THERE. TALK TO THE HAND | ||
1999) THE FORMAL STANDARD [WRITTEN | [A WOMAN WAVES HER HAND IN THE FACE OF | ||
LANGUAGE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL ACCORDING TO | ANOTHER WOMAN] I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT! | ||
NORMS IN GRAMMAR BOOKS AND EVALUATED IN | I’M NOT LISTENING. SHUT UP ‘FO I SPAZ ON | ||
STANDARDIZED TESTS], MORE RECENTLY | YOU! SHUT UP BEFORE I BEAT YOU UP! | ||
REFERRED TO AS ENGLISH USED IN A “FORMAL | 43 | [PS] PERSONAL STORY: “A WORD A DAY | |
REGISTER.” (Ruby Payne, 2001). | KEEPS IGNORANCE AWAY.”. TO EXPAND | ||
4 | BLACK AMERICAN ENGLISH. MANY AFRICAN | STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY IN STANDARD ENGLISH, | |
AMERICANS SPEAK AND USE A FORM OF ENGLISH | HAVE THEM CREATE A “BOOK OF NEW WORDS”. | ||
THAT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM STANDARD | HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: UPON ENTERING THE | ||
ENGLISH. EVERY LANGUAGE SYSTEM CONTAINS | ROOM, THE STUDENT FINDS A NEW WORD ON THE | ||
RULES. THE RULES OF BLACK AMERICAN ENGLISH | CHALKBOARD, A DEFINITION OF THE WORD, AND | ||
[BE] ARE FUNCTIONAL TO THOSE WHO USE THEM. | ITS USE IN A SENTENCE. e.g.: Eloquent | ||
THESE RULES ARE SYSTEMATIC AND ARE APPLIED | (adj): marked by forceful and fluent | ||
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN EXACTLY THE SAME | expression; vivid and moving | ||
WAY. MORE RECENTLY, BLACK ENGLISH HAS BEEN | persuasiveness. “THAT WAS AN ELOQUENT | ||
REFERRED TO AS ENGLISH USED IN A “CASUAL | SPEECH.” THE STUDENT COPIES THE NEW WORD | ||
REGISTER.” (Payne). | UNDER THE CORRESPONDING ALPHABET FILE PAGE | ||
5 | UNAWARENESS OF THE RULES. OFTEN, THE | IN HIS/HER PERSONAL “BOOK OF NEW WORDS.” | |
STUDENT WHO SPEAKS BLACK AMERICAN ENGLISH | THE TEACHER AND STUDENTS READ THE CORRECT | ||
IS UNAWARE OF THE RULES OF STANDARD | PRONUNCIATION OF THE NEW WORD THREE TIMES. | ||
ENGLISH LIKEWISE, MANY TEACHERS ARE | STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO CREATE NEW SENTENCES | ||
UNAWARE OF THE RULES OF BLACK AMERICAN | AND TO SPEAK TO 20 PERSONS DURING THE DAY | ||
ENGLISH THE “BLAME” SHOULD NOT BE PLACED | USING THE WORD “ELOQUENT.” ADDITIONAL | ||
UPON THE STUDENT OR THE TEACHER, BUT UPON | RETENTION STRATEGIES CAN BE FOUND IN | ||
“UNAWARENESS.”. | Phyllis Nobile’s “AGGRESSIVE LEARNING.”. | ||
6 | BECOMING AWARE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS | 44 | INTONATION VARIATIONS. BLACK ENGLISH |
PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT | HAS ITS ROOTS IN ANCESTRAL TONAL-RHYTHMIC | ||
SOME OF THE RULES AND FEATURES OF BLACK | LANGUAGES THAT CAME FROM AFRICA. IT IS NOT | ||
ENGLISH AS SPOKEN IN AMERICA. HOW CAN WE, | JUST THE “WHAT” [THE CONTENT THAT IS | ||
AS TEACHERS, BEST SUCCEED IN OUR “NO CHILD | CONTAINED IN THE SPOKEN MESSAGE] BUT “HOW” | ||
LEFT BEHIND” EFFORTS? WE CAN BEGIN BY | THAT MESSAGE IS DELIVERED. THIS INVOLVES | ||
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN | THE USE OF A WIDE RESERVOIR OF “TONES” AND | ||
BY AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN. | INFLECTIONS IN THE VOICE, RANGING FROM A | ||
7 | WHY MUST WE UNDERSTAND BLACK ENGLISH? | HIGH FALSETTO TO A LOW BASS, INCLUDING | |
ALL STUDENTS ARE TESTED ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE | TONES IN BETWEEN. BLACK SPEECH IS A | ||
AND USE OF STANDARD ENGLISH [SE] [LWC]. | DEPARTURE FROM A MAINSTREAM MONOTONE. | ||
THESE TESTS DO NOT VALUE OR REWARD OTHER | 45 | INTONATION AND FEELINGS. VOICE QUALITY | |
STRUCTURES OR FEATURES OF ENGLISH, AS | IS AFFECTED BY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL OR | ||
FOUND IN BLACK ENGLISH. SUCCESS IN SCHOOL | EMOTIONAL STATE OF THE SPEAKER. IF THE | ||
IS MEASURED BY HOW WELL THE STUDENT USES | TOPIC IS EXCITING OR JOYFUL, THE VOICE MAY | ||
STANDARD ENGLISH. MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN | RISE TO A FALSETTO LEVEL. WHEN IT IS TIME | ||
STUDENTS ARE “LEFT BEHIND” BECAUSE OF | TO BE CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED, THE VOICE | ||
THEIR LOW SCORES ON STANDARDIZED TESTS IN | DESCENDS INTO A BASS LEVEL. OFTEN, ONE CAN | ||
READING AND WRITING. | HEAR BLACK SPEECH IN A SLUR OF INDEFINITE | ||
8 | TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING. | PITCH AS FOUND ON THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE TV | |
SOCIOLINGUISTS [ABRAHAMS, DILLARD, BARATZ | DANCE SHOW, “SOUL TRAIN,” AS THE VOICE | ||
AND SHUY, LABOV, JOHNSON, WOLFRAM, DANDY, | MOVES FROM A HIGH FALSETTO TO A LOW BASS | ||
SMITHERMAN, ETC.] HAVE PROVIDED US WITH | IN ONE CONTINUOUS NOTE OR SOUND. WHEN | ||
TOOLS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND—RATHER THAN | READING A STORY TO AFRICAN AMERICAN | ||
CONDEMN—BLACK SPEECH. | CHILDREN, TEACHERS SHOULD MAXIMIZE THE | ||
9 | TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING. THEY HAVE | RANGE OF TONAL INFLECTIONS IN THE VOICE, | |
LONG CONTENDED THAT BLACK ENGLISH | GIVING EACH CHARACTER A DIFFERENT VOICE | ||
CONTAINS: PHONOLOGY [SPEECH SOUNDS, | LEVEL OR QUALITY [AS IN THE STORY OF THE | ||
PRONUNCIATION PATTERNS] LEXICON | THREE BEARS]. | ||
[VOCABULARY, TERMS, CODES, WORDSETS] | 46 | CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO: AT A | |
GRAMMAR [WORDS, INFLECTIONS, SYNTAX, | SOCIAL GATHERING, THREE YOUNG AFRICAN | ||
RULES] VERBS, AND OTHER FEATURES THAT ARE | AMERICAN WOMEN ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MEN | ||
DIFFERENT FROM STANDARD ENGLISH. | IN THE ROOM. THINK/PAIR/SHARE ACTIVITY: | ||
10 | TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING. TEACHERS WHO | HAVE SOMEONE READ THE DIALOGUE. PAIR UP | |
ARE AWARE OF THESE DIFFERENCES ARE BETTER | WITH SOMEONE TO DISCUSS THE MEANINGS SHARE | ||
PREPARED TO TEACH STANDARD ENGLISH TO | THOUGHTS WITH EVERYONE IN THE ROOM. | ||
AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN. | 47 | DIALOGUE—3 YOUNG WOMEN: --S’UP GIRL? | |
11 | WHAT IS BLACK ENGLISH? BLACK ENGLISH | --’SAP ‘NIN? --DIS PARTY BE KRUNK. --CHECK | |
IS THE LANGUAGE OF BLACK AMERICA. CAUTION: | OUT HOMES! --YO, BLING BLING? --ICED OUT | ||
NOT ALL 36 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS | FOR DAYS! --GIMMIE THE 411. HE THUGGIN? | ||
CHOOSE TO SPEAK BLACK ENGLISH, ESPECIALLY | --NAW, HE COOL! --YEAH, HE PACKIN’ --WORD! | ||
THE EDUCATED MIDDLE AND UPPER INCOME | STEPPIN’ CRIP, DEF! --AN’ HE HEAVY IN | ||
BLACKS. BLACK ENGLISH HAS BEEN CALLED: | CLASS --OFF THE DAMN CHAIN (laughter) | ||
NONSTANDARD BLACK DIALECT BLACK ENGLISH | --WHO DAT BRUTHA? (looking at another man) | ||
VERNACULAR [BEV] AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH | --A SCRUB; HE NUTTIN’ --WORD? --HE BE | ||
[AAE] AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH | DOIN’ WET. --THA’S WACK! --AN’ HE | ||
[AAVE] EBONICS [USEB] BLACK COMMUNICATIONS | ALL-UH-TIME BE BLOWIN’ YO’ SPOT. --I HEAR | ||
[BC] BLACK POVERTY LANGUAGE CASUAL | THAT. --WORD! | ||
REGISTER ENGLISH RAP. | 48 | TRANSLATION: 3 YOUNG WOMEN [BE] [SE]. | |
12 | WHERE DOES [BE] COME FROM? BLACK | --WHAT’S UP GIRLFRIEND? --WHAT’S | |
ENGLISH IS A FUNCTIONAL FORM OF | HAPPENING? --THIS PARTY IS EXCITING, “UP”! | ||
COMMUNICATION THAT EVOLVED FROM THE | HOT! --LOOK, A LOCAL GUY --HEY, YOU MEAN | ||
CREOLIZATION OF PLANTATION ENGLISH AND THE | THE GUY WEARING SHINING JEWELRY --HE WEARS | ||
TRANSPORTED LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY ENSLAVED | A LOT OF DIAMOND JEWELRY --TELL ME ABOUT | ||
AFRICANS. BLACK ENGLISH REPRESENTS A | HIM. IS HE A THUG? --NO, HE LOOKS | ||
CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF LANGUAGES NURTURED | “TOGETHER” --YES, HE IS WELL-ENDOWED | ||
AND PASSED DOWN FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE | --GOOD! HE SURE CAN DANCE THE “CRIP.” | ||
NEXT IN AN ORAL AND AURAL TRADITIONAL | --AND HE’S SMART IN SCHOOL --AMAZING! | ||
CLIMATE, SINCE LAWS [BLACK CODES] MANDATED | BREATHTAKING! --WHO’S THAT GUY? --A BUM; | ||
THAT ANY PERSON CAUGHT TEACHING A SLAVE TO | HE’S A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING --WHY? --HE SMOKES | ||
READ OR WRITE COULD BE FINED AND PUT IN | MARAJUANA LACED WITH PCP (ANGEL DUST) AND | ||
JAIL. | EMBALMING FLUID --THAT’S NOT GOOD; THAT’S | ||
13 | CONTACT BETWEEN LANGUAGES. ENCOUNTERS | OUT OF IT --AND HE’S ALWAYS REVEALING YOUR | |
BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT SPOKEN LANGUAGES, | PERSONAL BUSINESS IN PUBLIC. HE CAN’T KEEP | ||
BETWEEN THE COLONIZED AND THE COLONIZER, | A SECRET. --OH, YES --REALLY! FORGET ABOUT | ||
HAVE PRODUCED VARIANT FORMS OF EXPRESSION | HIM! --S’UP GIRL? --’SAP ‘NIN? --DIS PARTY | ||
IN FIVE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT FROM THE | BE KRUNK. --CHECK OUT HOMES! --YO, BLING | ||
ORIGINAL “NATIVE” LANGUAGE OF THE | BLING? --ICED OUT FOR DAYS! --GIMMIE THE | ||
COLONIZED TO THE “DOMINANT” ACADEMY | 411. HE THUGGIN’? --NAW, HE COOL! --YEAH, | ||
MAINSTREAM STANDARD LANGUAGE OF THE | HE PACKIN’ --WORD! STEPPIN’ CRIP, DEF! | ||
COLONIZER. | --AN’ HE HEAVY IN CLASS --OFF THE DAMN | ||
14 | STAGES OF CONTACT BETWEEN TWO | CHAIN! (laughter) --WHO DAT BRUTHA? | |
LANGUAGES: ORIGINAL PIDGIN CREOLE | (looking at another man) --A SCRUB; HE | ||
DECREOLIZATION DOMINANT. | NUTTIN’ --WORD? --HE BE DOIN’ WET. --THA’S | ||
15 | ORIGINAL. INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE OF | WACK! --AN’ HE ALL-UH-TIME BE BLOWIN’ YO’ | |
PRIMAL [“FIRST” NOT PRIMITIVE] PEOPLE WHO | SPOT. --I HEAR THAT. --WORD! | ||
WERE “DISCOVERED” BY OUTSIDE EXPLORERS AND | 49 | GRAMMAR AND OTHER FEATURES. THE | |
SUBSEQUENTLY COLONIZED. MOTHER TONGUE | TEACHER ASKS: “DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK?” | ||
“NATIVE” LANGUAGE LANGUAGE EXISTING AMONG | [BE] CHILD REPLIES: “TEACHER, I BEEN DONE | ||
A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN ISOLATION WITH | DID DAT!” MANY TEACHERS CRINGE UPON | ||
NO CONTACT WITH ANOTHER OUTSIDE LANGUAGE | HEARING THE ABOVE AND SIMILAR BLACK | ||
GROUP e.g. AFRICANS; AMERINDIANS | ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS. THEY SHUDDER IN A | ||
PRE-COLUMBIAN SOCIETIES [BEFORE COLUMBUS]. | BELIEF THAT THE CHILD USES SLOPPY OR POOR | ||
16 | PIDGIN. FIRST CONTACT LANGUAGE LINGUA | ENGLISH. EVEN WORSE ARE TEACHERS WHO REFER | |
FRANCA, COMMON JARGON MEDIUM OF DIVERSE | TO THE CHILD AS COMING TO SCHOOL WITHOUT | ||
LANGUAGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO | LANGUAGE. | ||
FIRST LANGUAGE IN COMMON LANGUAGE OF TRADE | 50 | GRAMMAR AND OTHER FEATURES. NOTHING | |
AND COMMERCE SIMPLFIED USE OF DESCRIPTIVE | COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH! IN EVERY | ||
NOUNS, VERBS, AND ADVERBS e.g. “GO SMALL | COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, CHILDREN GROW UP | ||
SMALL!” [GO SLOWLY] COMMON CORE WITH | SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF THE SURROUNDING | ||
REGULAR PRINCIPLES OF SENTENCE | COMMUNITY WITH ITS NUANCES OF DIALECT, | ||
CONSTRUCTION [Dillard, 1972, P. 75], | STRUCTURE, AND VOCABULARY. THE BLACK | ||
SHARED SOUND FEATURES AND PATTERNS OF | ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILD IS FOLLOWING THE | ||
SPEECH INTONATION VARIATIONS. | RULES OF THE BLACK ENGLISH SPEAKING | ||
17 | CREOLE. WHEN PIDGIN BECOMES THE ONLY | COMMUNITY. | |
OR PRINCIPAL LANGUAGE OF A SPEECH | 51 | VERB CONJUGATION: [BE] RULE: A | |
COMMUNITY (DILLARD, 1972, P. 300) e.g. | REVERSAL: THE PAST TENSE IS INTERCHANGED | ||
PLANTATION CREOLE (SPOKEN BY SLAVES), | WITH THE PAST PARTICIPLE e.g.: PRESENT | ||
HAITIAN CREOLE, LOUISIANA FRENCH CREOLE. | PAST PAST PARTICIPLE [SE] DO DID HAVE DONE | ||
ETC. PATOIS [PROVINCIAL/RURAL FORM OF | [BE] DO DONE DONE DID [DONE=HAVE]. | ||
SPEECH] A MIXTURE OF FEATURES FROM BOTH | 52 | VERB CONJUGATION: [SE] [BE] TAKE, | |
ORIGINAL AND DOMINANT LANGUAGES e.g. “DID | TOOK, HAVE TAKEN TAKE, TAKEN, DONE TOOK | ||
YOU HEARD WHAT I SAW?” “I’M NOT PLAYIN’ | SING, SANG, HAVE SUNG SING, SUNG, DONE | ||
WITH YOU, NO!” “YOU GONNA PAY ME, FOR | SANG WRITE, WROTE, WRITE, WRITTEN, HAVE | ||
TRUE?” (NEW ORLEANS CREOLE ENGLISH) USE OF | WRITTEN DONE WROTE [BE] | ||
“ME” INSTEAD OF “I” e.g. : “ME BE BORN AT | RULE:"DONE" IS SUBSTITUTED FOR | ||
JAMAICA.” “ME ASK (AXE, OX) ME MUDDER.” | "HAVE" [SE] [BE] "I HAVE | ||
[ALSO IN FRENCH]: “MOI ALLER” [ME GO] | DONE" becomes "I DONE DID" | ||
INSTEAD OF “JE VAIS” [I GO]. | "I HAVE TAKEN" becomes "I | ||
18 | DECREOLIZATION. BIDIALECTICAL MOVEMENT | DONE TOOK" "I DONE GOT OVER | |
AWAY FROM THE USE OF SPOKEN CREOLE WITH AN | IT" (SONG LYRIC) [BE] RULE: “BEEN | ||
INCREASING USE OF THE MAINSTREAM STANDARD | DONE” IS USED FOR THE FAR DISTANT PAST, | ||
DOMINANT LANGUAGE STYLE CHANGE, A | [PAST COMPLETIVE], IT HAPPENED A LONG, | ||
VARIATION IN TERMS OF FORMALITY [Dillard, | LONG TIME AGO. THUS:"I BEEN DONE DID | ||
1973, P. 304] PROGRESSING FROM THE | DAT!" [“DAT”= THAT]. | ||
INTIMATE TO THE FORMAL AND SOMETIMES TO A | 53 | SYNTAX [WORD ORDER]. TO BE OR NOT TO | |
“BOOGY” [BOURGEOISIE] STILTED UNNATURAL | BE According to E. Dandy (1991,p.69), “The | ||
STYLE: INTIMATE—A SERIES OF (UNSPELLABLE) | verb to be has forms: AM, IS, ARE, WAS, | ||
NASAL SOUNDS, USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY | WERE, WILL BE, BEEN that vary according to | ||
SHOULDER SHRUGS, UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY | tense and number. DANDY STATES THAT: Black | ||
IN-GROUP MEMBERS CASUAL—“I DUNNO” | communicators omit be to show temporary | ||
SEMI-FORMAL—“I DON’T KNOW” FORMAL—“I DO | condition: SHE TIRED. They use be to show | ||
NOT KNOW” “BOOGY” STILTED -“INDEED, I KNOW | repeated action: SHE (ALWAYS) BE TIRED. | ||
NOT”. | 54 | THE USE OF “BE”. “BE” INCLUSION HE BE | |
19 | DOMINANT. ACADEMY ENGLISH STANDARD | THERE! HE BE ALL UP IN YO’ FACE MEANS: HE | |
FORM, MAINSTREAM LANGUAGE USED BY HOLDERS | WAS THERE OR HE USUALLY IS THERE “BE IS | ||
OF POWER AND WEALTH LANGUAGE OF EUROPEAN | OMITTED HE THERE MEANS: HE IS THERE NOW. | ||
COLONIZERS THE RATE OF MOVEMENT FROM THE | AGAIN, TIME IS AN IMPORTANT VARIABLE. IN | ||
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE COLONIZED TO THE | TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, “BE” MAY BE: | ||
DOMINANT LANGUAGE OF THE COLONIZER IS | OMITTED: HE RUN TOMORROW OR INCLUDED: HE | ||
OFTEN DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL | BE RUNNING TOMORROW. | ||
CONTACT AND FREEDOM ALLOWED TO THE | 55 | PRONOUN POWER. THERE IS ANOTHER | |
COLONIZED. SOCIAL ISOLATION AND | FEATURE I’D LIKE TO CALL “PRONOUN | ||
SEGREGATION SLOWS DOWN STANDARD ENGLISH | EMPOWERMENT,” WHERE THERE IS A FUSION | ||
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. | BETWEEN THE SUBJECT PRONOUN AND THE VERB. | ||
20 | IN THE SECTIONS THAT FOLLOW ARE | IN SPOKEN BLACK ENGLISH, “BE” AND “DO” ARE | |
EXAMPLES OF FEATURES OF [BE]. I HAVE | OFTEN OMITTED BECAUSE THE LOCUS OF | ||
INSERTED A FEW [PS]“PERSONAL STORIES” OF | IMPORTANCE IS UPON THE PERSON IN THE FORM | ||
MY EXPERIENCES AS A TEACHER IN ALL BLACK | OF THE PRONOUN: | ||
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN NEW ORLEANS. | 56 | EXAMPLES OF PRONOUN EMPOWERMENT. YOU A | |
21 | FEATURES OF BLACK ENGLISH. PHONOLOGY | STORY (YOU’RE A LIAR) [THE “ARE” IS NOT | |
“SOUNDS MEAN MORE TO ME THAN PLAYING A LOT | NEEDED BECAUSE ALL ATTENTION IS IN THE | ||
OF NOTES” – BB KING (Bluesman) TEACHERS | PRONOUN “YOU.”] WE NOT TREATED RIGHT. | ||
WHO USE A PHONICS APPROACH TO TEACH | [BEFORE NEGATIVES] HOW HE KNOW? [THE VERB | ||
READING SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE REPERTOIRE | “DO” IS IN THE “HE”] HE THE ONE! [BEFORE | ||
OF SOUNDS IN BLACK ENGLISH. KENNETH R. | NOUN PHRASES] WE IN IT. [BEFORE | ||
JOHNSON, WALT WOLFMAN, BARATZ, AND OTHERS | PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES]. | ||
HAVE PRESENTED SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS, | 57 | OTHER FEATURES OF BLACK ENGLISH. | |
PHONOLOGICAL AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES, | COMPRESSED PHONETICS [CONTINUOUS SOUND IN | ||
AND FEATURES OF BLACK ENGLISH. HERE ARE | ONE WORD]: WASWRONWITCHOO? [WHAT IS WRONG | ||
SOME OF THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS: | WITH YOU?] ADDED PREPOSITION FOR BALANCE: | ||
22 | KENNETH R. JOHNSON: LANGUAGE CONSISTS | HE UPPED AND DIED. SHE DONE DRANK UP ALL | |
OF SYSTEMATIC SOUNDS THAT PEOPLE MAKE WITH | THE WINE. WHO YOU WAITIN’ ON? [INSTEAD OF | ||
THEIR VOCAL CORDS THERE ARE TWO SOUNDS: | “FOR”] ADDED DOUBLE PREPOSITION: I’M GONNA | ||
1.VOICED (A “BUZZ” OCCURS IN THE VOCAL | MAKE IT ON TO THE CRIB. | ||
CORDS) 2.VOICELESS (NO BUZZING SOUND IN | 58 | DOUBLE NEGATIVES = STRONG POSITIVES HE | |
THE VOCAL CORDS). | AIN’T GON’ LAY NUTHIN’ ON NOBODY NO MORE! | ||
23 | Sounds occur in a word in 3 ways: | [HOW YOU SAY SOMETHING IS MORE IMPORTANT | |
Beginning (Initial) sound Middle (Medial) | THAN USING “ANYTHING” OR “ANYBODY” OR | ||
sound Ending (Terminal) sound e.g. The | “ANYMORE.”] THE AFOREMENTIONED | ||
sound “TH” [SE] speakers have 2 sounds for | CHARACTERISTICS AND FEATURES OF BLACK | ||
TH [BE] speakers have 5 sounds for TH | AMERICAN ENGLISH ARE BUT A FEW EXAMPLES OF | ||
depending on whether they are “voiced” or | A LANGUAGE SYSTEM THAT IS SYSTEMATIC AND | ||
“voiceless” and where they occur in a word | FUNCTIONAL. “SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SPEAK | ||
(Initial, Medial or Terminal). | TWO LANGUAGES JUST TO SURVIVE IN AMERICA, | ||
24 | Some examples of the TH sound in [SE] | AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT ARE.” --Julian | |
and [BE]: VOICELESS/INITIAL POSITION: [SE] | “Cannonball”Adderley, Jazzman. | ||
= Thing, thank, thigh, thought [BE]= | 59 | CONCLUSION. ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS | |
Thing, thank, thigh, thought (NO | ENGLISH IN AMERICA SPEAKS A DIALECT | ||
DEVIATION) VOICED/INITIAL POSITION: [SE] = | [ACCENT] OF ENGLISH. [e.g., BOSTON TO | ||
This, that, them, these, those [BE] = Dis, | MISSISSIPPI, BROOKLYN TO NEW ORLEANS, | ||
dat, dem, dese, dose THERE IS A “DUH” | CALIFORNIA TO ALABAMA, OREGON TO NORTH | ||
SOUND SUBSTITUTED FOR THE “TH” SOUND IN | CAROLINA….ETC.] E PLURIBUS UNUM (ONE | ||
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD. | COMPOSED OF MANY): EACH DIALECT IS | ||
25 | THE “TH” SOUND. VOICELESS/MEDIAL: [SE] | IMPORTANT AND ADDS TO THE CULTURAL | |
= Bathroom, birthday [BE] = Bafroom, | ENRICHMENT OF AMERICA. WE CAN TEACH ALL | ||
burfday THERE IS AN “F” SOUND SUBSTITUTION | CHILDREN STANDARD ENGLISH AS WELL AS ALLOW | ||
VOICED/MEDIAL: [SE] = Mother, brother [BE] | FOR CULTURAL LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES. THE | ||
= Muvah, bruvah [“MY MUVAH COOK GRITS.”] | FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION HERE IS: HOW DOES | ||
THERE IS A FRICATIVE “V” SUBSTITUTION | KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE | ||
NOTE: WHEN USING PROFANITY IN COMBINATION | DIFFERENCES ENABLE A TEACHER TO HELP | ||
WITH THE “F” WORD [AS IN M.F.], [BE] | STUDENTS SUCCEED IN SCHOOL? | ||
SPEAKERS PRONOUNCE “MOTHER F_ _ _ _ _” | 60 | NO MATTER WHAT THE LANGUAGE: “WHAT | |
CORRECTLY IN [SE]. | CHILDREN CAN THINK ABOUT THEY TALK ABOUT. | ||
26 | THE “TH” SOUND. VOICELESS/TERMINAL: | WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT THEY CAN WRITE. WHAT | |
[SE] = With, mouth, path, both, South | THEY CAN WRITE, THEY CAN READ. WHAT THEY | ||
[BE]= Wif, mouf, paf, bof, Souf THERE IS | CAN READ, OTHERS CAN ALSO READ.” --(Allen, | ||
AN “F” SUBSTITUTION AT THE END [BE] | 1976). | ||
SPEAKERS ENTER KINDERGARTEN SAYING “WIF’ | 61 | LANGUAGE IS POWER. CULTURALLY | |
AND GO THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL SAYING | SENSITIVE TEACHERS CAN TEACH BLACK ENGLISH | ||
“WIF.” IN SPITE OF GOOD INTENTIONS, THE | SPEAKERS TO USE STANDARD ENGLISH, THE | ||
SCHOOLS HAVE NOT CHANGED MANY FEATURES OF | “LANGUAGE OF SUCCESS IN MAINSTREAM | ||
BLACK SPEECH. | AMERICA.” THIS PRESENTATION IS ONLY THE | ||
27 | PS: [PERSONAL STORY]. I TAUGHT MATH | TIP OF THE ICEBERG, A FRESH BEGINNING, A | |
FOR 8 YEARS IN ALL BLACK PUBLIC HIGH | RENEWED LOOK AT BLACK ENGLISH. THERE IS | ||
SCHOOLS IN NEW ORLEANS. ON THE BOARD I HAD | MUCH MORE. | ||
WRITTEN THE FOLLOWING EQUATION: 3A + 3B = | 62 | HOW THEN TO PROCEED? SOME TEACHING | |
33. AN AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT READ: “ | TECHNIQUES: BE NOT AFRAID TO CORRECT--IN A | ||
TREE AEY PLUS TREE BEE EQUAL TOITY-TREE.” | CARING WAY—CHILDREN WHO SPEAK OR WRITE IN | ||
I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A COMPLETE | NONSTANDARD ENGLISH. START WITH THE | ||
ABSENCE OF THE USE OF THE “TH” SOUND. | CHILD’S HOME LANGUAGE. NEVER BELITTLE OR | ||
REMEDY: THE NEXT DAY, I WROTE ON THE | MAKE FUN OF A CHILD’S HOME LANGUAGE | ||
BOARD: “THE THINKER THREW THREE THOUSAND | (MOTHER TONGUE). HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND | ||
THINKING THOUGHTS TO THEM, THESE, THEY AND | THE PURPOSE FOR LEARNING STANDARD ENGLISH. | ||
THOSE.” STUDENTS WERE ASKED, IN A CARING | BE FRANK! LET STUDENTS KNOW THAT IN MOST | ||
WAY, TO IMAGINE THAT THEY HAD CANDY STUCK | OF THE JOB MARKETS IN AMERICA, THE USE OF | ||
ON THE FRONT OF THEIR TEETH AND HAD TO | STANDARD ENGLISH IS A REQUIREMENT. | ||
REMOVE IT BY STICKING THE TIP OF THE | 63 | SOME TEACHING TECHNIQUES. EXPLAIN THAT | |
TONGUE OUT BEYOND THEIR FRONT ROW OF | STANDARD ENGLISH IS “ANOTHER WAY” OF | ||
TEETH, AS THEY SAID THE ABOVE EXPRESSION | SPEAKING. IT SHOULD NOT “REPLACE”, | ||
AT LEAST 20 TIMES DURING THE DAY. THERE | “ELIMINATE” OR “EXTINGUISH” THE CHILD’S | ||
WERE NO MORE “TREES” OR “TOITYS” MENTIONED | HOME LANGUAGE. A BLACK ENGLISH SPEAKING | ||
IN MATH. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT | CHILD ONCE TOLD A TEACHER: “BUT MY MOMMA | ||
THAT IN THIS MATH EQUATION, THE SYMBOL = | SAY IT THAT WAY.” THE TEACHER REPLIED: | ||
IS PRONOUNCED “EQUALS” [WITH AN S AT THE | “YES, YOU’RE RIGHT, YOUR MOTHER’S WAY IS | ||
END], NOT “EQUAL.”. | ONE WAY OF SAYING THIS. NOW, I’M GOING TO | ||
28 | [BE] RULE. PLURAL ENDINGS: If in the | SHOW YOU ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THE SAME THING | |
context of the sentence one finds a | IN STANDARD ENGLISH.” FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, | ||
reference to “more than one” (plural), it | ALLOW THEM TO COPY PORTIONS OF | ||
is not necessary to add an “s” to the noun | “BOOKS-OF-THEIR-CHOICE” WRITTEN IN | ||
e.g. 50 cents = 50 cent THE CONTEXT | STANDARD ENGLISH. ALSO, EXPOSE CHILDREN TO | ||
CLARIFIES THE MEANING. e.g. “HE HAD A | BOOKS WRITTEN BY AND ABOUT AFRICAN | ||
SECOND HAR TRANSPLANT”. | AMERICANS THAT MAY CONTAIN BLACK ENGLISH. | ||
29 | CONSONANT REDUCTION. B. D. G. K. P. T. | 64 | SOME TEACHING TECHNIQUES. USE TAPE |
(Consonant sounds in these letters are | RECORDERS: ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO READ | ||
often not spoken or omitted) e.g. [SE] | STANDARD ENGLISH LITERATURE WHILE | ||
[BE] NUMBER = NUMMER [“GIMMIE YO’ | RECORDING THEIR VOICES. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, | ||
NUMMER.”] COMB = COM’ [“SHE COM’ HER | DO THE SAME THING WITH A VIDEOCAMERA. USE | ||
HAIR.”] COLD = COL’ [“I WENT AN GOT ME A | TECHNOLOGY: WIRELESS COMPUTERS, WORD | ||
COL’.”] GOING = GOIN’ [“YOU GOIN’ OR | GAMES, PROGRAMS THAT REINFORCE LANGUAGE. | ||
NOT?”] MASK = MAS’ [“ZORRO WOE A MAS’.”] | INSIST THAT CHILDREN USE COMPLETE | ||
HAPPEN = HAH’UM [DAS DA WAY IT HAH’UM] | SENTENCES AT ALL TIMES: WHEN ASKING A | ||
HEART = HAR also HARD = HAR [“DA’S HAR’.] | QUESTION, WHEN ANSWERING A QUESTION, AND | ||
TEST = TES [“TEACHER, WHEN WE GON’ HAVE A | WHEN CONVERSING IN SMALL GROUPS. EMPHASIZE | ||
TES?”] TES PRESENTS ANOTHER PROBLEM. WITH | THE USE OF STANDARD ENGLISH THROUGH | ||
THE OMISSION OF THE ENDING “T”, TES NOW | “READERS THEATER” WITHIN THE CLASSROOM IN | ||
ENDS IN A SIBILANT SOUND. WORDS THAT END | A RELAXED, NON-THREATENING ATMOSPHERE. | ||
IN “S” WHEN PLURALIZED, WE ADD “ES” TO THE | 65 | SOME TEACHING TECHNIQUES. INCREASE THE | |
WORD: e.g., KISS-KISSES; BOSS-BOSSES; | RETENTION OF STANDARD ENGLISH VOCABULARY | ||
HENCE: TES-TESSES. | USING “AGGRESSIVE LEARNING” TECHNIQUES: | ||
30 | FEATURES OF BLACK ENGLISH. [“TEACHER, | (SEE RECOMMENDED READING LIST) DAP THE | |
HOW MANY TESSES WE GON’ HAVE?”] THE | WORD (DEFINE, ASSOCIATE, DRAW A PICTURE | ||
TEACHER MAY RESPOND: [“DON’T SAY TESSES, | SHOWING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF | ||
SAY TESTS!”]. THE [BE] SPEAKER MOST OFTEN | THE WORD). CONTINUE TO TEACH STANDARD | ||
CAN’T HEAR THE DIFFERENCE. THE SAME IS | ENGLISH RULES OF GRAMMAR AND | ||
TRUE FOR MASK: MASS-MASSES; FLASK-FLASSES | PRONUNCIATION. REINFORCE LANGUAGE | ||
[“HOW MANY FLASSES YOU BROKE IN THE LAB | ACQUISITION WITH CHORAL READING, CALL AND | ||
THIS YEAR?”] THE “SIZ” PLURAL ENDING (I | RESPONSE ACTIVITIES, PARTNER READING, | ||
FOUND IN NEW ORLEANS) e.g. ANTS = ANTSIZ | MOVEMENT AND MUSIC, SONG LYRICS, HUMOR | ||
[“LOOK AT ALL DEM ANTSIZ?] ARTISTS = | (JOKE BOOKS, RIDDLES), APPROPRIATE | ||
ARTISIZ [“WHERE THE ARTISIZ IS AT?”] A | MAGAZINES AND COMIC BOOKS REFLECTING THEIR | ||
COMMOM USAGE: [SE] [BE] ASK = AXE. | INTERESTS. USE DRAMA: PUT ‘EM ON THE | ||
31 | LET US COMPARE ANOTHER FORM OF [BE] | STAGE! PRESENT SCHOOL PLAYS WHERE CHILDREN | |
FROM CARIBBEAN CREOLE IN JAMAICA [JE] IN | READ OR MEMORIZE STANDARD ENGLISH | ||
THE PRONUNCIATION OF “ASK” IN THE | DIALOGUE. PARENTS LOVE IT! EXCITE, WRITE | ||
FOLLOWING SCENARIO: The teacher asks each | AND RECITE: USE POETRY AND THE “SPOKEN | ||
pupil to get permission from his/her | WORD.” ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO WRITE AND | ||
mother to go on a field trip. The next | RECITE (PERFORM) ORIGINAL POEMS. | ||
day, in response to the question: “Did you | 66 | AFFECTIVE DOMAIN: FEELINGS ARE | |
ask your mother?” the teacher heard: [SE] | IMPORTANT. REMEMBER TO CONSIDER THE | ||
I asked my mother and she said that it was | FEELINGS OF THE CHILD. IMAGINE THIS: | ||
o.k. [BE] Ah axe ma mama ‘n she say it be | SUPPOSE YOU WERE ASKED TO SPEAK AND WRITE | ||
cool. [JE] Me ox me muddah (or“mooma”in | EXCLUSIVELY IN BLACK ENGLISH. HOW WOULD | ||
rural Jamaica) ‘n she say dat be fine mon | YOU FEEL? | ||
fo’ go onna trip, ‘long as yo teacher | 67 | SUGGESTED READINGS. SINCE THE LEGAL | |
‘member me mine run ‘pon you. SMALL GROUP | OUTCRIES IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, IN THE | ||
DISCUSSION: TRANSLATE [JE] & SHARE | EARLY 1970s, AND AGAIN IN OAKLAND, | ||
[JE] TRANSLATION: “I ASKED MY MOTHER AND | CALIFORNIA, IN THE MID-1990s, MUCH HAS | ||
SHE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE FINE, MAN, FOR | BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT BLACK ENGLISH AND | ||
ME TO GO ON A TRIP, AS LONG AS YOUR | EBONICS. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO MEET | ||
TEACHER REMEMBERS THAT I HAVE YOU | THE CHALLENGES OF TEACHING STANDARD | ||
CONSTANTLY ON MY MIND, (THAT I AM | ENGLISH, THE FOLLOWING LIST OF READINGS IS | ||
CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY.)”. | RECOMMENDED. A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
32 | [PS] PERSONAL STORY. I TAUGHT THE | IS INCLUDED. | |
STANDARD ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION OF “ASK” AS | 68 | RECOMMENDED READINGS. Dandy, Evelyn B. | |
FOLLOWS: “FIRST YOU HAVE TO SAY ‘ASS’ AS | (1991). Black Communications: Breaking | ||
IN JACKASS. THEN YOU ADD A SOFT ‘KUH’ | Down the Barriers. Chicago: African | ||
SOUND.” WE REPEATED IT TOGETHER SEVERAL | American Images. Dillard, J. L. (1973). | ||
TIMES: “ASS-KUH.” | Black English: Its History and Usage in | ||
****************************************** | the United States. New York: Vintage | ||
**************** OTHER FORMS OF OMISSION | Books. Labov, William (1995). Can reading | ||
L-lessness (The letter “L” is omitted) | failure be reversed: a linguistic approach | ||
e.g. HELP=HEP; SCHOOL=SCHOO; MYSELF=MA’SEF | to the question. In V. L. Gadsden & D. | ||
R-lessness (The letter “R” is omitted) | A. Wagner (Eds.), Literacy Among | ||
e.g. CAROL=CAL; HAROLD=HAL DOOR = DOE; | African-American Youth (pp. 39-68). | ||
FLOOR = FLO’; MORE = MO’. | Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. Major, | ||
33 | [SE] [BE] OUT HERE OUT CHERE LIBRARY | Clarence (1971). Black Slang: A Dictionary | |
LIBERRY SUPPOSED ‘POSED SINK ZINK FRIEND | of Afro- American Talk. London: Routledge | ||
FRIEN’ PIN PEN WANT TO WANNA GOT TO GOTTA | & Kegan Paul, Ltd. Major, Clarence | ||
USE TO GO USE-DA GO CHILDREN CHIL’RUN | (1994). From Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of | ||
OFTEN CAME USE-TA COME. A SAMPLE OF SOME | African-American Slang. New York: Penguin | ||
OTHER PRONUNCIATION FEATURES. | Books. Martinez, Maurice M. (2000). The | ||
34 | [SE] [BE] ABOUT ‘BOUT BEFORE ‘FO BIRTH | Use of “Call and Response Pedagogy” to | |
CERTIFICATE BURF SUSTIFICUT FIFTY FITTY | Reinforce Mathematics Concepts and Skills | ||
DOESN’T HAVE ANY AIN’T GOT NO OIL WELL ALL | Taught to African American Kindergartners. | ||
WHEEL CORNER CORNAH or CORNDA SINCE CENTS | In Changing the Face of Mathematics. | ||
SURE SHO’ or SHORE TIN TEN FISH FEESH. A | Reston, Virginia: National Council of | ||
SAMPLE OF SOME OTHER PRONUNCIATION | Teachers of Mathematics. McKissack, | ||
FEATURES. | Patricia C. (1986). Flossie and The Fox. | ||
35 | LEXICON (VOCABULARY, CODES, WORDSETS). | New York: Dial Books for Young Readers. | |
BLACK ENGLISH SPEAKERS HAVE A LARGE | 69 | RECOMMENDED READINGS. Nobile, Phyllis | |
REPERTOIRE OF SLANG WORDS UNCOMMON TO | E. (2000). Aggressive Learning. Pelham, | ||
STANDARD ENGLISH. MOST OF THE SLANG WORDS | NY:The Reading Company, P.O. Box 11, | ||
WE FIND IN AMERICA WERE COINED BY JAZZ | Pelham, N.Y. 10803, 1-888-889-READ. Payne, | ||
MUSICIANS AND INNER CITY RAPPERS. AS SOON | Ruby K. (2001). A Framework for | ||
AS A SLANG WORD ENTERS THE MAINSTREAM AND | Understanding Poverty. aha! Process, Inc., | ||
IS USED BY STANDARD ENGLISH SPEAKERS, | P.O. Box 727, Highlands, TX 77562-0727. | ||
BLACK ENGLISH SPEAKERS OFTEN STOP USING | Smitherman, Geneva (2000). Talkin That | ||
THE WORD AND INVENT A NEW WORD. HOWEVER, | Talk: Language, Culture and Education in | ||
SOME WORDS LIKE “COOL” AND “CRIB” REMAIN | African America. London and New York: | ||
IN PERENNIAL USE FOR DECADES. | Routledge. Wolfram, Walt (1997). “The Myth | ||
36 | [BE] RULE. INVERSION = When the | of the Verbally Deprived Black Child,” in | |
Standard English word takes on the | Bauer L. and Trudgill. P. (eds) Language | ||
opposite meaning (bad = good). [“YOU ‘N | Myths. Wolfram, Walt (1998, June). | ||
YO’ BAD SELF!”] Words that indicate the | Language Ideology and Dialect: | ||
possessive: THEY for THEIR [SE] THEIR[The | Understanding the Oakland Ebonics | ||
boys put their hats..] [BE] THEY [The boys | Controversy, Journal of English | ||
put they hats...]. | Linguistics, 26(2). Wolfram, Walt, Adger, | ||
37 | [BE] RULE. One can judge the | Carolyn, & Christian, Donna (1999). | |
importance of a concept in a culture | Dialects in Schools and Communities. | ||
(group) by counting the number of labels | Mahwah, J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, | ||
(words) that the people in the culture | Publishers. | ||
have for the concept. (K.R. Johnson)(e.g., | 70 | BIBLIOGRAPHY. Abrahams, Roger D. | |
Alaskan Indians have 26 words for “snow”: | (1964). Deep Down in the Jungle. Chicago: | ||
wet snow, dry snow, slushy snow, melting | Aldine Publishing Co. Abrahams, Roger D. | ||
snow, hard snow, etc., because snow is a | (1970). Positively Black. Englewood | ||
very important concept to Alaskan Native | Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Allen, | ||
Americans.) SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY: How many | R.V. (1976). Language Experiences in | ||
words can you think of for “Money?” [PAUSE | Communication. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin. | ||
1 MINUTE BEFORE CONTINUING] ANSWERS: Book, | Baratz, Joan C., and Roger W. Shuy (eds.) | ||
Bread, Cake, Cash, Cheddar, Cheese, Chump | (1969). Teaching Black Children To Read. | ||
Change, Coins, Crumbs, Dough, Eagle, | Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied | ||
Fitty, Green, Jingle, Loot, Moola, | Linguistics. Bentley, Robert H. & | ||
Scrilla, The Benjamin, etc. | Crawford, Samuel D. (eds.) (1973). Black | ||
38 | PSYCHOLOGICAL INTENT OF A WORD: KEN | Language Reader. Glenview, Illinois: | |
JOHNSON STATED THAT A WORD MAY HAVE THREE | Scott, Foresman and Company. Kochman, T. | ||
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS: POSITIVE | (ed.) (1972). Rappin’ and Stylin’ | ||
(COMPLIMENTARY, PRAISING, ETC.) NEGATIVE | Out:Communication in Urban Black America. | ||
(OFFENSIVE, DEROGATORY, INSULTING) NEUTRAL | Urbana: University of Illinois Press. | ||
(CARRIES NO VALUE JUDGEMENT) SOME WORDS | Johnson, Kenneth R. (1966). “Improving | ||
CAN HAVE ALL THREE INTENTS ABOVE, | Language Skills of Culturally | ||
DEPENDING UPON THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE | Disadvantaged Pupils.” Teaching | ||
WORDS ARE USED. VOCABULARY: [BE] LEXICON | Culturallly Disadvantaged Pupils. Chicago. | ||
WITH [SE] MEANINGS (2003) [BE] [SE] KRUNK | Johnson, Kenneth R. (1970). “The | ||
HYPER, EXCITING, ENERGETIC, “UP” TIME, HOT | Vocabulary of Race.” In Language and | ||
BLING BLING BEJEWELED; GOLD CHAINS; | Expressive Behavior in the Black Inner | ||
SPARKLING SICK WID [WITH] IT IMPASSIONED | City, edited by Kochman. Champaign, | ||
WITH SOMETHING GOOD DIS TO INSULT, PUT | Illinois. | ||
DOWN SOMEONE ROLL THROUGH PASSING THROUGH; | 71 | BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT.). Johnson, Kenneth | |
SHORT VISIT. | R. (1970). “The Language of Black | ||
39 | VOCABULARY: [BE] LEXICON WITH [SE] | Children: Instructional Implications.” In | |
MEANINGS [BE] [SE]. 411 DETAILS; GIVE ME | Racial Crisis in American Education. by | ||
THE DETAILS OR FACTS CRIP, C-STEP A DANCE | Green. Chicago. Johnson, Kenneth R. | ||
SHINE JEWELRY ICE DIAMONDS ICED OUT | (1970). “A Strategy for Teaching Standard | ||
WEARING A LOT OF DIAMOND JEWELRY JIGGED, | English to Disadvantaged Black Children | ||
JIGGED OUT LOOKING GOOD WACK SOMETHING | Who Speak a Nonstandard Dialect.” In | ||
CRAZY; OUT OF IT; NORMLESS WORD!?. REALLY! | Teaching Language Arts to Culturally | ||
WHAT? AGREEMENT; YES. ‘TUDE A POOR OR BAD | Different Children, edited by Joyce. | ||
ATTITUDE TIGHT UPSET, ANGRY PHAT FINE, | Johnson, Kenneth R. (1971). “Black | ||
GOOD, BEAUTIFUL WILDIN’ [WHILE-LIN] ACTING | English”, lecture, Ann Arbor, Michigan. | ||
CRAZY; BRAGGING; LOST CONTROL ROLLIN’ HIGH | Labov, William (1970). The Logic of | ||
ON ECSTACY (DRUGS) HYPNOTIC ALCOHOL [BLUE | Non-Standard English, Urbana: National | ||
DRINK] BEASTIN’ YELLING AT SOMEONE; AN | Council of Teachers. Labov, William | ||
AUTHORITARIAN TEACHER WHO IS MAKING A | (1982). Objectivity and Commitment in | ||
STUDENT DO A HARD TASK RAP TALK; | Linguistic Science: The Case of the Black | ||
RHYMES-TO-A-MUSICAL-RHYTHM-PATTERN MAD; | English Trial in Ann Arbor, Language in | ||
COOL GOOD; THE BEST DIG TO UNDERSTAND | Society, 11, pp. 165-201. Rose, T. (1994). | ||
SMOOVE CALM, MELLOW, NICE PERSON WHIP CAR | Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture | ||
SHOES; DUBS RIMS ON A CAR HIP SMART, | in Contemporary America. Hanover, NH: | ||
AWARE, “WITH IT”. | Wesleyan University Press. | ||
40 | VOCABULARY: [BE] LEXICON WITH [SE] | 72 | BIBLIOGRAPHY (CONT.). Websites: |
MEANINGS [BE] [SE]. THE TRUTH THE REAL | http://privateww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/aav | ||
DEAL, BEST THING GOING DUMB EXCELLENT; | sem/Biblio.html Patrick, Peter L. (2003). | ||
VERY SATISFYING SHORTIE A GOOD LOOKING | A Bibliography of works on African | ||
GIRL WIFEY MAIN GIRLFRIEND DADDY MAIN | American English (27 pages). TO GET A COPY | ||
BOYFRIEND GRUB FOOD GEAR CLOTHES KICKS, | OF THIS POWERPOINT: | ||
BUNNIES SNEAKERS AIR FORCE ONES, G-NIKES | http://people.uncw.edu/martinezm [See: | ||
GANGSTER NIKE SNEAKERS AIR JORDAN 18 | Black American English]. | ||
SNEAKERS WORN BY MICHAEL JORDAN SOLDIERS | 73 | SPECIAL THANKS TO: ROJ SMOOVE CHARLES | |
REBOK CLASSICS IN SNEAKERS CRIB HOME THE | “HONEYBOY” OTIS BLAZE, MICHAEL AND AMELIA, | ||
HOOD THE (HOUSING) PROJECT COP BUY or GET | JAVIER, BEVRON, BEVERLY AND MILES TORIN J. | ||
WEAK A SUCKER 5-0; PO-PO COPS, POLICE, | MARTINEZ THE NEW YORK CREW BEN “You know | ||
AUTHORITY BLITZED ALL PARTIED OUT, STONED | what I’m sayin’” THOMPSON Dr. PERCY HEATH | ||
SCRED SCARED BAGGED ARRESTED BOB; GAT; | And my wife, MARJORIE FOR THEIR INSIGHTFUL | ||
HEAT GUN BODIED KILLED CELLY CELL PHONE | COMMENTS. ANGELA EDWARDS FOR HER | ||
O.G. ORIGINAL GANGSTER [LEADER]. | TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE DEAN CATHY L. | ||
41 | VOCABULARY: [BE] LEXICON WITH [SE] | BARLOW FOR HER GRANT SUPPORT, PROVIDED BY | |
MEANINGS [BE] [SE]. THE CAN JAIL SMOKE | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDS, WATSON | ||
WEED (MARIJUANA) BLUNT GETTING HIGH JACK | SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNCW #P342AO10114. | ||
PHONE CHILL OUT TO STOP ACTION OR HANG OUT | 74 | MUSIC SOUNDTRACK. MUSICAL SELECTIONS: | |
HOMES; HOME A PERSON FROM THE SAME TOWN | INTRODUCTION “MOSQUITO HAWK STOMP” ENDING | ||
DOG; GOD FRIEND HOMEBOY, HOMIE A GOOD | “FRENCH FRY SANDWICH” CD: MARTY MOST, JAZZ | ||
FRIEND HOMESLICE BEST FRIEND SPORTIN’ TO | POET, presents: DRUMSCUSSION AVAILABLE AT: | ||
WEAR A NEW STYLE; SHOW OFF FRONT or | AMAZON.COM. | ||
FRONTIN’ TURNING ON A FRIEND; BACKSTABBING | 75 | NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. | |
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«Happy English» - Ìîè ëþáèìûå êíèãè Âûõîäíîé äåíü. Ïîõîä â ìàãàçèí è ïîêóïêè îäåæäû, ïðîäóêòîâ ïèòàíèÿ. Ïîõîä â ðåñòîðàí: ëþáèìàÿ è íåëþáèìàÿ åäà. Ñîöèîêóëüòóðíàÿ êîìïåòåíöèÿ. Ìîÿ øêîëà. Worry, worry keeps me awake: Hurry, hurry, don’t make mistakes! It is three o’clock. Happy english.Ru äëÿ 4 êëàññà. Ïðåäìåòíîå ñîäåðæàíèå óñòíîé è ïèñüìåííîé ðå÷è.
«English speaking countries» - WHAT IS THE MAIN PLACE OF INTEREST IN NORTHERN IRELAND? WHAT ARE THE LEADING IRISH INDUSTRIES? Ireland: Great Britain. Northern Ireland The Irish Republic. IRISH. WHAT IS IRELAND FAMOUS FOR? MUSIC, WHISKEY, BUTTER, HORSES. English-speaking countries. PATRICK`S CATHEDRAL. Ireland. WELCOME TO IRELAND!
«English for you» - ×òî òû íàó÷èøüñÿ äåëàòü è óçíàåøü. Àðòèêëü Ìíîæåñòâåííîå ÷èñëî Ïðåäëîãè. Òû íàó÷èøüñÿ ïðàâèëüíî ñòðîèòü ïðåäëîæåíèå. Ìîæåò ëè êîìïüþòåð çàìåíèòü ó÷èòåëÿ? «Àíãëèéñêèé äëÿ òåáÿ» (êóðñ àíãëèéñêîãî ÿçûêà ñ ïðèìåíåíèåì ÈÊÒ). Òû ñìîæåøü ñîâåðøåíñòâîâàòü ñâî¸ ïðîèçíîøåíèå. Óçíàòü íàñêîëüêî õîðîøî òû óñâîèë ìàòåðèàë òåáå ïîìîãóò:
«English words» - 1) FALSE — watch 2) FALSE — disco 3) TRUE 4) TRUE 5) FALSE — sightseeing 6) FALSE — friend 7) TRUE 8) FALSE — terrible 9) TRUE 10) FALSE — meal. Translate into English. Is it True or False? Words. Translate into Russian. Match the expressions to others with similar meanings. That is all! 1) Go and wotch a match 2) Go to a disko 3) Go shopping 4) Go for a picnic 5) Go sightseeng 6) Go and see a frend 7) Go to a party 8)I had a terible time 9) Go skiing 10) Go for a meel in a restaurant.
«Êóðñû àíãëèéñêîãî Success English» - Ñåðòèôèêàòû Success English. Êóðñû àíãëèéñêîãî ÿçûêà «Success English». Ìîäóëü âòîðîé. Âçàèìîäåéñòâèå ñ íîñèòåëÿìè ÿçûêà. Îñîáåííîñòè êóðñà Success English. Äåëîâîé àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê. Ïîëó÷åííûå çíàíèÿ, ïîäòâåðæäàþòñÿ ôèðìåííûìè Ñåðòèôèêàòàìè. Ñåðåáðÿíûé ñåðòèôèêàò. Ìîäóëü òðåòèé. Îïèñàíèå êóðñà. Áðîíçîâûé ñåðòèôèêàò.
«The english-speaking countries» - Disneyland. The English-speaking countries. USA. Scotland. Australia. Great Britain.