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Author Wheeler, Rebecca S., 1952-

Title Code-switching : teaching standard English in urban classrooms / Rebecca S. Wheeler, Rachel Swords.

Publication Info. Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  372.6 W564C    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series Theory & research into practice
Theory & research into practice.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
Contents I. Theory and research. The lay of the land: old and new perspectives in language arts -- Moving from correction to contrast: code-switching in diverse classrooms -- Linguistic insights for the language arts classroom -- Code-switching succeeds in teaching standard English. II. Classroom practice. Diversity in language -- Teaching noun patterns: possessives -- Teaching noun patterns: plurals -- Teaching subject-verb agreement -- Teaching past time -- Teaching gonna/going to -- Code-switching with more complex patterns -- Code-switching in the reading and writing classroom -- Encountering new patterns.
Subject English language -- Study and teaching -- United States.
English language -- Standardization.
Education, Urban -- United States.
Urban dialects -- United States.
Education, Urban. (OCoLC)fst00903310
English language -- Standardization. (OCoLC)fst00911667
English language -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00911670
Urban dialects. (OCoLC)fst01162390
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Swords, Rachel.
ISBN 0814107028 (paperback)
9780814107027 (paperback)
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