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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| ISBN 13 | 9781138286818 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138286818 |
| Book Subtitle | Paradoxes, Pedagogy, Possibilities |
| Book Description | This book draws on applied linguistics and literary studies to offer concrete means of engaging with vernacular language and literature in secondary and college classrooms. The authors embrace a language-as-resource orientation, countering the popular narrative of vernaculars as problems in schools. The book is divided into two parts, with the first half of the book providing linguistic and pedagogical background, and the second half offering literary case studies for teaching. Part I examines the historical and continued devaluing of vernaculars in schools, incorporating clear, usable explanations of relevant theories. This section also outlines the central myths and paradoxes surrounding vernacular languages and literatures, includes productive ways for teachers to address those myths and paradoxes, and explores challenges and possibilities for vernacular language pedagogy. In Part II, the authors provide pedagogical case studies using literary texts written in vernacular Englishes from around the world. Each chapter examines a vernacular-related topic, and concludes with discussion questions and writing assignments; an appendix contains the poems and short stories discussed, and other teaching resources. The book provides a model of interdisciplinary inquiry that can be beneficial to scholars and practitioners in composition, literature, and applied linguistics, as well as students of all linguistic backgrounds. |
| Editorial Review | This is a much needed publication that translates current scholarly realizations about global English for instructional purposes. -- Suresh Canagarajah, Pennsylvania State University, USA "Nero and Ahmad show that there is no conflict between using vernacular and so-called standard English in the classroom. Indeed, the authors explicitly ask for teaching that helps students master "standard" written English, while still inviting them to write often in the vernacular. This is an important and valuable book." -- Peter Elbow, University of Massachusetts, USA "This book offers a fresh and exciting new look at vernacular Englishes from the perspective of literary studies and of vernacular literary texts from the perspective of applied linguistics. Deftly addressing questions of both language and literature, it provides an invaluable synthesis of disciplinary paradigms, with urgent implications for how we read and teach vernacular texts from around the world." -- Jahan Ramazani, University of Virginia, USA |
| About the Author | Shondel Nero is Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University, USA. She is the author of Englishes in Contact: Anglophone Caribbean Students in an Urban College and editor of Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education (Routledge). Her research has appeared in TESOL Quarterly, World Englishes, Language and Education, and other journals. Dohra Ahmad is Associate Professor of English at St. John's University, USA. She is the author of Landscapes of Hope: Anti-Colonial Utopianism in America and editor of Rotten English: A Literary Anthology. Her essays have appeared in ELH, the Yale Journal of Criticism, Social Text, and the Journal of Commonwealth Literature. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Shondel Nero, Dohra Ahmad |
| Publication Date | 18 Nov 2016 |
Vernaculars In The Classroom: Paradoxes, Pedagogy, Possibilities Paperback English by Shondel Nero - 18 Nov 2016
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