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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. WHAT IS EBONICS/AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH
1.1 ORIGIN AND BACKGROUND
1.2 EBONICS/AAVE CHARACTERISTICS
2. THE EBONICS CONTROVERSY
2.1 THE OAKLAND CASE
2.2 EXCURSUS: THE BLACK ENGLISH TRIAL AT THE ANN ARBOR SCHOOL
3. MEDIA RESPONSE
3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2 MAIN POINTS OF CONTROVERSY
ISSUE #1: IS EBONICS A DISTINCT LANGUAGE OR MERELY SLANG? IS EBONICS INCORRECT
ENGLISH?
ISSUE #2: BASIC MISUNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS WILL BE TAUGHT IN EBONICS/AAVE
ISSUE #3: DOES RECOGNIZING MINORITY SPEECH PATTERNS IMPROVE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE
OR IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN GENERAL?
ISSUE #4: FUNDING FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY STUDENTS OR EBONICS SPEAKERS
3.3 OVERALL IMPRESSION
4. LINGUISTS’ RESPONSE TO MEDIA CRITICISM
4.1 RACISM IN THE NEWS
4.2 LESSONS LEARNED FROM OAKLAND
4.3 NEED FOR EDUCATION
CONCLUSION
WORKS CITED
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- Clara Schwarz (Autor:in), 2010, An Analysis of the Media Coverage in the Course of the Oakland Ebonics Controversy, München, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/152510
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