TY - BOOK ID - 9734090 TI - African American literacies PY - 2003 SN - 0415268834 0415268826 1134492286 1280047836 0203166558 9780203166550 9780415268820 9780415268837 9781134492282 9781134492237 1134492235 9781134492275 1134492278 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - 820 <73> KW - Amerikaanse literatuur KW - Pedagogiek en onderwijskunde KW - --Pedagogiek en onderwijskunde KW - --820 <73> KW - Pedagogiek en onderwijskunde --. KW - 820 <73> Amerikaanse literatuur KW - English language KW - Literacy KW - Illiteracy KW - Education KW - General education KW - African American students KW - African Americans KW - Study and teaching KW - African American students. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Afro-American students KW - Negro students KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9734090 AB - African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture. Drawing on personal experience, Elaine Richardson provides a compelling account of the language and literacy practices of African-American students. The book analyses the problems encountered by the teachers of AAVE speakers, and offers African American centred theories and pedagogical methods of addressing these problems. Richardson builds on recent research to argue that teachers need not only to recognise the value and importance of African-American culture, but also to use African-American English when teaching AAVE speakers standard English. African-American Literacies offers a holistic and culturally relevant approach to literacy education, and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the literacy practices of African-American students. ER -