In today’s culturally diverse classrooms, students possess and use many culturally, ethnically, and regionally diverse English language varieties that may dif

We Do Language builds on the authors’ highly acclaimed first collaboration, Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools, and examines the need to

This book describes dialect differences in American English and their impact on education and everyday life. It explores some of the major issues that confront

Why do people speak the way they do? And why does the way they speak make so much difference? This collection of essays on language variation offers fascinating

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as