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Ian Cushing – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2023
Educational linguists across England and the USA have long critiqued deficit-based language ideologies in schools, yet since the early 2010s, these have enjoyed a marked resurgence in England's education policy as evident in discourses, funding, and pedagogical materials related to the so-called 'word gap.' This article conceptualizes the word gap…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Language Usage
Newell, R.C. – Perspectives: The Civil Rights Quarterly, 1981
This critical analysis of the usage of Black English in the classroom suggests that a change in teacher attitudes toward Black English will increase student ability and desire to learn standard English. (DA)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Disabilities, Grammatical Acceptability