Whitney, Jessica. "Five Easy Pieces: Steps toward Integrating AAVE into the Classroom." The English Journal. 94. 5 (2005): 64-69. Voice of Democracy. 27 March 2009.
Aimed at an educational audience, Whitney talks about different strategies to embrace AAVE versus eliminating it completely and replacing it with Standard English. Whitney discusses using outside sources to help teachers and students understand AAVE and SE and their differences.
Wilson, Marilyn. "The Changing Discourse of Language Study." The English Journal. 90.4 (2001): 31-36. 27 March 2009.
A qualitative study done to show different aspects of language and looking more in depth of the negative attitudes of AAVE but positive attitudes towards SE. Also, why this occurs. Argues that teachers should not only learn the basics of writing and composition but also how to handle different dialects and the different attitudes toward them.
Wheeler, Rebecca. "Teaching English in the World: Code-Switch to Teach Standard English." The English Journal. 94.5 (2005): 108-112. National Council of Teachers of English. 27 March 2009. Qualitative data taken by a middle school teacher to better understand where her class was having trouble with SE and how to fix the errors of their culture. "They aren't making SE errors they are using AAL correctly." The teacher should look at the situation from the outside to have a better understanding of the inside.
Young, Gary. "Speaking My Mind: Shame on Whom?." The English Journal. 90.4 (2001): 20-22. National Council of Teachers of English. 27 March 2009. Oppositely argues that SE is Superior and is MORE important for the teacher to be teaching SE rather than use both their home language and SE. The author agrees that there should be a positive attitude toward AAVE and the speakers because then the students will have a better look on it also.
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Although I'm glad that you've identified your audience for many of your entries, I'd caution you to be careful, since educational audiences are very broad. You'll want to focus on those articles that are more specifically aimed at a composition audience.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing I'd recommend is finding sources in other journals besides _English Journal_. While people writing for that journal may talk one way about Ebonics, other people writing for other journals may be talking another way. In other words, it will be difficult to make an argument about the field using sources that only come from one journal.