<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp6f468e1fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">This is far from my field(s) of expertise, but I studied in South Carolina and I knew two black gentlemen who spoke with regional accents. The older one sounded like an immigrant, but I could understand him. It took me 3 or 4 years to understand the younger man, though. My best guess is that the older gentleman had been on the mainland longer.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Having said that, maybe there's a source in the South Carolina education system that can help you with policies about the Gullah language, if such policies exist:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah</a> </div><div><br></div><div class="ydp6f468e1fsignature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font face="arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Daniel Steve Villarreal</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">, Ph.D. </span></font><font face="arial" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><font face="arial" color="black" size="2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">(</span><span style="font-size:10pt;">萬丹青</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">)</span></font></span></font><span style="font-size:13.3333px;"></span><div style="font-size:13.3333px;"><font face="arial" color="black" size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Assistant Professor of English (MOE # 036823)<br clear="none">Licensed Court Interpreter # 315 (Spanish-English, TX), Master designation<br clear="none">ESL & Spanish instructor<br clear="none">Spanish-to-English translation<br clear="none"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 04:35:07 AM GMT+8, Johnson, David C via Edling <edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu> wrote:
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<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Seeking language policy examples: Hi all. We’re wondering if anyone is willing to share example U.S. school district language policies that deal with African American Language.
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<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><a href="https://education.uiowa.edu/directory/david-c-johnson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1;">David Cassels Johnson</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">, Ph.D.<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">Professor, Multilingual Education</span></p>
<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">Associate Department Chair, Teaching & Learning</span></p>
<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">Coordinator, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education</span></p>
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<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">University of Iowa</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">N244 Lindquist Center
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<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">240 S. Madison Street</span></p>
<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">Iowa City, IA 52242</span></p>
<p class="ydp612f81b0yiv4148778607MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;">(319) 335-6175</span></p>
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