An Analysis of the Media Coverage in the Course of the Oakland Ebonics Controversy


Dossier / Travail de Séminaire, 2010

22 Pages, Note: 1,3


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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

Fin de l'extrait de 22 pages

Résumé des informations

Titre
An Analysis of the Media Coverage in the Course of the Oakland Ebonics Controversy
Université
University of Leipzig
Note
1,3
Auteur
Année
2010
Pages
22
N° de catalogue
V152510
ISBN (ebook)
9783640646548
ISBN (Livre)
9783640646203
Taille d'un fichier
587 KB
Langue
anglais
Mots clés
Ebonics, African American Vernacular Englisch, AAVE, Oakland, Ann Arbor, Dialect, Racism, The New York Times, Media Coverage, Distinct Language, New York Daily News, LSA, Media Critique, Language Variety, Funding, Language Diversity, Language Minority Speakers
Citation du texte
Clara Schwarz (Auteur), 2010, An Analysis of the Media Coverage in the Course of the Oakland Ebonics Controversy, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/152510

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