Other People's English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and African American Literacy

by Vershawn Ashanti Young, Y'Shanda Young-Rivera, Rusty Barrett

Book Overview

With a new Foreword by April Baker-Bell and a new Preface by Vershawn Ashanti Young and Y'Shanda Young-Rivera, Other People's English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and African American Literacy presents an empirically grounded argument for a new approach to teaching writing to diverse students in the English language arts classroom. Responding to advocates of the "code-switching" approach, four uniquely qualified authors make the case for "code-meshing"--allowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643170430
• ISBN13: 9781643170435
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Parlor Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"