Written by two of the foremost scholars on the language and literacy skills of African American school aged kids, the goal of the book is to highlight and synthesize their contributions to this body of knowledge. For speech pathologists, teachers, scholars, and researchers specializing in the area of African American English or language differences versus language disorders in child literacy/language development; and for researchers or graduate students in literary, dialect, or language disorders in schools of education or communication disorders. Might find appeal in seminars in American dialect and in AAE in particular.
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Contents: W. Wolfram, Foreword. Preface. Who Is Malik? An Overview of Research on Child AAE. Our School-Based Participants and Sampling Procedures. Features of Child AAE. Distributional Properties of AAE in the Early Grades. Nondialectal Expressive and Receptive Language Skills. Evaluating Language at School Entry. African American Children in Academic Distress. Relationships Among Language and Literacy Skills for African American Students. Summary and Final Thoughts. Appendices.
