Terry Meier

Black Communications and Learning to Read

Building on Children's Linguistic and Cultural Strengths

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about effective literacy instruction for students in grades K-4 who use the language variety that many linguists call African American English, but which, as explained in the Introduction, the author calls Black Communications (BC). Througho

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780805857597
• ISBN-10: 0805857591
• Artikelnr.: 22899060

Autorenporträt

Terri Meier (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I:What Is Black Communications? A
Whole Communicative System. Other Important Aspects of the System. Part II:
Language Socialization in the African American Discourse Community.
Language in the Air. Children Using Language. Part III:Using African
American Children's Literature to Teach Essential Comprehension Strategies.
Drawing on Children's Strengths. Making Connections. Visualizing and
Inferring. Questioning and Summarizing/Retelling. Part IV: Children Using
Language. Emergent Literacy. Fostering Phonological and Phonemic Awareness.
Black Communications and Phonics Instruction. Implications for Research and
Practice.