It isn’t sloppy language: exploring the discourse of Village English
Patrick Edward Marlow,
Wendy Whitehead Martelle,
Joan Parker Webster
et al.
Abstract:In Alaska, as elsewhere in the United States, standardized American English is privileged over both local varieties of English and Indigenous languages. This privileged position is maintained, in part, through a deficit model of language acquisition and a model of school success which locates the source of underachievement among K-12 students within the child rather than within the broader sociopolitical context of school and schooling. Using a critical participatory action research approach, this article exam… Show more
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