We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom is now available from Teachers College Press

[Charity Hudley, Anne H]

Title: We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom
Authors: Anne H. Charity Hudley & Christine Mallinson
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2013 (available now)
ISBN: 0807754986
Book URL: http://store.tcpress.com/0807754986.shtml
Author Website: http://charityhudleymallinson.com

    We’re happy to announce that We Do Language: English Language Variation in the Secondary English Classroom, is now available from Teachers College Press. With a foreword by Jacqueline Jones Royster and endorsements by Shirley Brice Heath and Donna Ford, we are especially happy to have so many excellent educators and linguists support our efforts.

The book is available on Kindle for around $17 and in paperback for around $30 on Amazon.com http://amzn.to/1ejWpmQ, Barnes & Noble http://bit.ly/1ax88hr, and through Teachers College Press http://bit.ly/17tKEZg. Examination copies are also able to be requested online through TCP: http://www.teacherscollegepress.com/form1.html

We Do Language, a follow-up text to our first book (Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools), examines the need to integrate linguistically informed teaching into the secondary English classroom. The book meets three critical goals for preparing English educators to ensure the academic success of their students. First, the book helps educators acquire a greater knowledge of language variation so they may teach their students to analyze the social, cultural, and linguistic dimensions of the texts they read in class. Second, the chapters provide specific information about language varieties that students bring with them to school so that educators can better assist students in developing the literacy skills necessary for the Common Core State Standards. Third, the text empowers educators to build their linguistic awareness so they may more fully understand, respect, and meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Our book features concrete strategies, models, and vignettes, as well as classroom materials developed by English educators for English educators.

Drafts of our book have successfully been used in graduate and undergraduate classes as diverse as: African American English, American English, Dialectology, Assessment and Evaluation of Reading and Language Development, Counselor Education for Diverse Populations, Language Attitudes, Language in Diverse Schools and Communities, Language in Society, and Language Variation and Education. If you would like advance information about the book for course planning/preparation, please let us know.

We also have a book website http://charityhudleymallinson.com/wdl and a book Facebook page http://facebook.com/WeDoLanguage, so we hope to see you online as well.
                                                            Sincerely,
                                Anne H. Charity Hudley & Christine Mallinson
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