Registration is now open for our July 25-29th summer workshop in partnership with the VCU School of Education! Register here: http://www.continuingstudies.vcu.edu/CourseStatus.awp?&course=11-SWS-ED02 For more information about the class see: http://www.community.vcu.edu/programs/sws/classes/educationlanguage/index.html
15th Anniversary Celebration of Multicultural Education Series, Saturday, April 9th, 12:25 to 1:55 PM at AERA in New Orleans
This year the Teachers College Press Multicultural Education Series is celebrating its 15th Anniversary. A celebratory session will be held at AERA on Saturday from 12:25 to 1:55 in the Sheraton/Napoleon Ballroom B2. The attractive flyer that TC Press prepared for the celebration and the session
may be downloaded here: TCP.MCE.15.AERA.2011
Podcast on American English and How It Got That Way
Download a podcast produced by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation where I share insights on the origins of American English.
http://whatsnew.history.org/2011/01/what-makes-americans-sound-like-americans/
Carlton L. Jones Memorial Scholarship Program at St. John’s Baptist Church in Charles City, VA on Sunday January 30, 2011 at 11:00am
I’ll be speaking at St. John’s Baptist Church in Charles City, VA (8131 Roxbury Road) on Sunday January 30, 2011 at 11:00 am for the Carlton L. Jones Memorial Scholarship Program. I’ll be speaking on the theme of “Yes We Did and Yes You Can.”
Download the podcast of Anne on With Good Reason Radio
You can now download Anne’s With Good Reason Podcast here: http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2011/01/hearing-past-the-accent/
Spoken Soul: Black English in the Classroom
January 8th, 2011
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Accents can be endearing – but they can also limit chances for professional and academic success. Southern students and African-American students are often marginalized in the classroom because of their dialects. Anne Harper Charity Hudley (College of William & Mary) is the co-author of a book to help educators work with language variations – to make sure students don’t suffer for the way they talk. And: John Russell Rickford (Stanford University) has written a book on the topic: “Spoken Soul: The Story of Black English”. Also featured: The Affrilachian Poets are celebrating 20 years. Frank Walker coined the term in 1991 after he came away from a literary event frustrated by the exclusion of African American writers from Appalachian literature. Theresa Burriss (Radford University) is an expert on the Affrilachians and an honorary member of the group.
Appearance on With Good Reason Radio January 8th, 2011
Hearing Past the Accent
January 8th, 2011
Accents can be endearing – but they can also limit chances for professional and academic success. Southern students and African-American students are often marginalized in the classroom because of their dialects. Anne Harper Charity Hudley (College of William & Mary) is the co-author of a book to help educators work with language variations – to make sure students don’t suffer for the way they talk. Also featured: The Affrilachian Poets are celebrating 20 years. Frank Walker coined the term in 1991 after he came away from a literary event frustrated by the exclusion of African American writers from Appalachian literature. Theresa Burriss (Radford University) is an expert on the Affrilachians and an honorary member of the group.
http://withgoodreasonradio.org/2011/01/hearing-past-the-accent/
Click here to download the podcast and to find local dates and times: http://withgoodreasonradio.org/when-to-listen/
Book Signing and Launch: December 9th at William and Mary from 4-7pm
The Department of English, The School of Education, and the Programs in Africana, Community, and Women’s Studies at the College of William and Mary would like to cordially invite you to save the date for a book launch for Anne Charity Hudley’s new book Understanding English Language Variation in U.S. Schools on Thursday, December 9th from 4-7 pm at the College of William and Mary in Blow Hall Room 201, 262 Richmond Road Williamsburg, VA 23187. The contact phone number is (757) 221-3930. Directions to campus may be found at: http://www.wm.edu/about/visiting/directions/index.php.
All are welcome and an invitational flyer may be downloaded here. Please share with others who might be interested, especially K-12 teachers and parents.
CharityHudleyMallinson.Book.Launch.12.09.10
