The Enemy's Language: A Beginning Teacher's Experience. Reflections.

McNeill, Brenda

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ERIC Number: EJ546410

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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The Enemy's Language: A Beginning Teacher's Experience. Reflections.

McNeill, Brenda

Journal of Experiential Education, v19 n3 p160-62 Dec 1996

A teacher realized she had been using language in a way that alienated the minority students in her eighth-grade English class. Discusses the language of power, indirect commands, the need to know a variety of speech types, the importance of validating students' language and culture, and the teacher's responsibility to explicitly give students access to the culture of power. (TD)

Descriptors: Black Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Language Styles, Power Structure, Racial Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Experience

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue topic: "NAALA in Experiential Education: Beyond Participation."