8.218, Qs: Films, brain, black dialect in class

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Subject: 8.218, Qs: Films, brain, black dialect in class

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1)
Date:  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:13:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:  MARTINEZE at cofc.edu
Subject:  Films with dialectal variations

2)
Date:  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:49:10 -0500
From:  abbottb at pilot.msu.edu (Barbara Abbott)
Subject:  brain movies

3)
Date:  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 17:55:28 -0500 (EST)
From:  GRAYLEN TODD GRAHAM <ggraham at michiana.edu>
Subject:  Black dialect in classrooms

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 13:13:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:  MARTINEZE at cofc.edu
Subject:  Films with dialectal variations

I am teaching a dialectology class and my students are interested in films
where different dialects can be observed. One student wants to work on a
project with Irish-English, another wants to work with the French influence
in Louisiana, another with Pennsylvania Dutch and the other with creoles.
Can you list films that might be helpful to them? I would also be
interested in any films that may be used for a dialectology class. Thanks.


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:49:10 -0500
From:  abbottb at pilot.msu.edu (Barbara Abbott)
Subject:  brain movies

I'm teaching a senior-level intro to Cognitive Science this semester, and
lack a guest lecturer in neuroscience.  Does anybody know of a good
up-to-date video about the brain?


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Date:  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 17:55:28 -0500 (EST)
From:  GRAYLEN TODD GRAHAM <ggraham at michiana.edu>
Subject:  Black dialect in classrooms


The Oakland, California, School Board's decision has made Ebonics a hot
issue again. Help! I need your input on how to teach the standard form of
English to native speakers of black dialect. Is black dialect an issue in
your classroom?  Do you teach at the secondary or college level? What
English to native speakers of black dialect. Is black dialect an issue in
your classroom?  Do you teach at the secondary or college level? What
subjects do you teach? I am very interested in your personal conviction on
whether or not black dialect has an appropriate place in the classroom. As
educators, how do we address Black English Vernacular in education? For
other than teaching literature, is black dialect ever appropriate in
English classes? Should we encourage students to use both dialects in order
to demonstrate our respect for black culture? What do we do about language
variations, and how do we help the human mind to learn? I am open to your
suggestions. Please help me.
Thanks,
Graylen Todd Graham
PS.
I would appreciate any articles that you have found on this subject.
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