Author Question: In 1996, the Oakland, California school board proposed that schools in the district should A hire ... (Read 118 times)

brutforce · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

In 1996, the Oakland, California school board proposed that schools in the district should

A hire dialect coaches to reduce the features of African-American Vernacular English used by students.
B ban the use of African-American Vernacular English in the classroom.
C launch a series of studies to examine the ways African-American Vernacular English was used at school.
D teach African-American Vernacular English to students who did not speak it.
E use African-American Vernacular English in the classroom to support the development of Standard English.

Question 2

How does gender identity affect language use?

a. Women are more interruptive speakers than men.
b. Women are more direct speakers than men.
c. Women are more deferential speakers than men.
d. There is no difference in men's and women's speech.