Black verbal and rhetorical strategies serve definite needs and functions in the Black American community--needs with which teachers should become familiar. When properly applied, these strategies can be effectively used in the English composition classroom for motivational and instructional purposes. (HOD)

Some ways that black literary and rhetorical traditions may be employed for improving instruction in the community college classroom are presented in this paper. As background information, chapter one examines the history of the black American literary, linguistic, and rhetorical heritage with some emphasis placed upon the effect on language of…

Although some educators have advocated eradication of Black American English and other non-standard American English dialects in formal school training, it is recognized that many dialects are effectively used to a great degree by many Americans. Black American English, like other dialects, is a legitimate linguistic system that has logic,…