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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom, New Editionfrom: New Press  List Price: $17.95 Amazon.com's Price: $10.61 You Save: $7.34 (41%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 370.117 EAN: 9781595583505 ISBN: 1595583505 Label: New Press Manufacturer: New Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: New Press Studio: New Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: From the celebrated author of Other People's Children, a fifth anniversary edition of the pathbreaking collection examining the relationship between language and power in the classroom, with a new introduction. At a time when children are written off in our schools because they do not speak formal English, and when the class- and race-biased language used to describe those children determines their fate, The Skin That We Speak offers a cutting-edge look at crucial educational issues. Now reissued with a new introduction by Lisa Delpit revisiting the politics of language instruction for students of color, The Skin That We Speak takes the discussion of language in the classroom beyond the highly charged war of idioms—in which "English only" really means standard English only—and presents today's teachers and parents with a thoughtful exploration of the varieties of English we speak and the layers of politics, power, and identity that those forms carry. With groundbreaking work from Herbert Kohl, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Victoria Purcell-Gates, and Lisa Delpit herself, the book also includes classics by Geneva Smitherman and Asa Hilliard III. Hot-button topics range from Ebonics to the creation of a national public policy on making English the official language of our classrooms. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Eh. If I had written this critique just after reading the first half of The Skin That We Speak, it would look much different. The first half of the book was truly eye-opening for those of us who grew up speaking "standard" English at home, at school and with friends. This collection of essays made me confront my beliefs about other accents and dialects that I'm not so familiar with. For instance, growing up in the north, I was taught (not by any particular person, just by experience) that ... Read More Rating: - J. JackI felt that this was a great book to read. It reached me on a variety of levels. As a teacher it forced me to reflect on my own beliefs about language and literacy. As a person of Caribbean decent, it made me think about the injustice and prejudice that is so often placed on students of a different heritage. Each story in the book gives you another aspect of how language and the way we speak affects our lives. Whether we are the student in the classroom that is being negatively stereotyped or the ... Read More Rating:  - DelpitOutstanding book that helps change the methodology of teaching second-language students. Hearing the voices of actual students helps to relive their pains. Rating: - Satisfied CustomerI am very satisfied with the quality of the book and the expedience of the delivery. Rating: - Showing your race/sexual orientation/socioeconomic status/culture by the way you speak.An interesting look at differences in language -- accent, vocabulary, and dialect. This book explores the judgements that people, even young children, make when they hear a voice. Well-rounded and very pragmatic about solutions. Doesn't just say 'Oh, people shouldn't judge each other.' Because, like it or not, we do. 
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