Malik goes to school : examining the language skills of African American students from preschool-5th grade / / Holly K. Craig, Julie A. Washington

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450745903321
• Autore: Craig Holly K.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mahwah, N.J. ; ; London : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2006
• ISBN: 1-283-88252-3; 1-135-63919-1; 1-282-37539-3; 9786612375392; 1-4106-1560-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): WashingtonJulie A
• Disciplina: 427/.973/08996073
• Soggetti: African American children - Language; African American children - Education; Language arts - United States; Black English; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-166) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; MALIK GOES TO SCHOOL; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword by Walt Wolfram; Preface; 1 Who Is Malik?; 2 An Overview of Research on Child AAE; The Search for Unique AAE Features; Developing the Linguistic Inventory of Child AAE Features and Determining Its Distributional Properties; The Development of Nondiscriminatory Language and Literacy Evaluation Procedures; Understanding the Challenges Faced by the AAE-Speaking Student in Academic Contexts; The Place of Our Research Program at the University of Michigan; 3 Our School-Based Participants and Sampling Procedures; ParticipantsData Collection; Summary; 4 Features of Child AAE; Background Issues; What Are the Features of AAE for Preschoolers Through Fifth Graders?; Summary; 5 Distributional Properties of AAE in the Early Grades; Students Were Speakers of AAE; Quantifying Overall ; Feature Production; Sources of Systematic Variation in DDM; Summary; 6 Nondialectal Expressive and Receptive Language Skills; Expressive Language Skills; Receptive Language Skills; Summary; 7 Evaluating Language at School Entry; Background; The MPAL Model; Summary; 8 African American Children in Academic Distress; Factors Contributing to the Black-White Achievement GapNeed for a New Frame of Reference; 9 Relationships Among Language and Literacy Skills for African American Students; Linkages Between Oral Language and Reading Skills; Oral Language and Writing; Summary; 10 Summary and Final Thoughts; Malik Goes to School (and Fails); Cumulative Risk and Resiliency Model; Appendixes A-H; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Malik Goes to School: Examining the Language Skills of African American Students From Preschool-5th Grade synthesizes a decade of research by the authors, Holly Craig and Julie Washington, on the oral language and literacy skills of African American children from preschool to fifth grade. Their research has characterized significant influences on the child's use of AAE and the relationship between AAE and aspects of literacy acquisition. The research has also led to the characterization of other nondialectal aspects of language development. The outcome has been a culture-fair, child-cen