We Do Language

English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom

Christine Mallinson author Anne H Charity Hudley author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Teachers' College Press

Published:13th Dec '13

Should be back in stock very soon

We Do Language cover

Building on the authors’ highly acclaimed first collaboration, Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools, this book examines the need to integrate linguistically informed teaching into the secondary English classroom. We Do Language features concrete strategies, models, and vignettes, as well as classroom materials developed by English educators for English educators. It is essential reading for anyone interested in learning about the role that language plays in the experiences of students, both in secondary and postsecondary environments.

“Building on 50 years of linguistic and sociolinguistic research into the systematic nature of English varieties, Charity Hudley and Mallinson further the important next step of exploring how these linguistic differences play out in classrooms and schools with academic and social consequences for students. As the work of constructing culturally and linguistically sustaining classrooms continues, teachers will need additional detail for how to build a linguistically informed approach into specific instructional units. This text will support teacher educators, teacher leaders and teachers themselves in advancing that work.”

—Pedagogies: An International Journal

ISBN: 9780807754993

Dimensions: 235mm x 162mm x 12mm

Weight: 349g

176 pages