Foreword / Jacqueline Jones Royster
What Secondary English Educators Want to Know About Language Variation
Linguistic Truth #1. Communication Occurs in Social Contexts
Linguistic Truth #2. Language Is Always Changing
Linguistic Truth #3. Language Differences Are Not Language Deficits
Supporting Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students
3. Language and Culture: Having Courageous Conversations
Language Is Culture, Culture Is Language
Communicative Burdens: A Cultural Challenge
Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Linguistic Agency
4. Language Variation in Literature
The Importance of Orality
Authorial Choice and Literary Voice
Becoming Language Investigators: Analyzing the Language of Literary Texts
5. Doing Language: The Transition to College and Beyond
Developing Students' Linguistic Agency
The Language at the Center of Our Narratives
