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ERIC Number: EJ560737
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
"What's That You Say?": Language and Race in Classroom Practice (Rainbow Teachers/Rainbow Students).
Johnson, Joanna
English Journal, v87 n1 p90-91 Jan 1998
Describe a situation between a teacher and a junior high school student in which the student was given detention for "talking back." Argues that this disciplinary episode was unnecessary had the teacher been better prepared to talk effectively to students and for work with diverse student populations. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Junior High Schools, Language Usage, Racial Differences, Racial Relations, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: Media Literacy.