Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g0CEJ9001442; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:19:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:19:09 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <124.a0c93d2.29719f48@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: LELemke@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6874] standard English and pride in one's dialect X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 36 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 571 Lines: 12 Dear Laura and all, As a teacher in an inner city southern school, this topic is very interesting. Is the Walt Wofram video "American Tongues" still available for purchase? And do you think middle schoolers would appreciate it? I have always found it important for my students to know that their dialect is something to be proud of. It always amazes me how the syntax from Africa has remained alive in black dialect, especially "you is" which makes absolute sense when one considers the "you" is referring to one person...It is just fascinating. Ellie
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