Understanding storytelling among African American children : a journey from Africa to America / Tempii Champion
- Bib ID:
- 808293
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Champion, Tempii Bridgene, 1961-
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- Description:
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- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003
- xiii, 135 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0805834079
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1: Tell Me Somethin' Good: Storytelling From Africa to America 1
- History of Storytelling Within the African American Community 1
- African to African American 5
- African American English Language Studies 6
- Narrative Analysis 6
- Purpose 7
- PART 1: Approaches to Understanding Narrative Structures Among African American Children 9
- Chapter 2: Research on Narrative Structures
- Among African Americans and West Africans 10
- Research on Narrative Production
- Among African American Children 10
- Discourse Strategies within the African American Community 19
- Narrative Strategies Within West Africa 21
- Purpose of Storytelling in West Africa 25
- Summary 26
- Chapter 3: Extending the Research: A Study of Narrative
- Production Among African American Children 28
- Data Transcription, and Reliability 34
- Narrative Data Collection Process 35
- Data Analysis 36
- Evaluative Analysis 36
- Episodic Analysis 38
- Thematic Analysis 39
- Sociolinguistic Analysis 39
- Making a Transcript 40
- Description of Utterances 40
- Summary 41
- PART II: Toward a Repertoire of Narrative Structures Among African American Children 42
- Chapter 4: Evaluative Narratives 43
- Overall Production of Structures 44
- Classic Structure 44
- Stitches/hospital 44
- Chronological Structure 45
- Leapfrogging Structure 46
- Ending-at-the -Highpoint Structure 48
- Impoverished Structure 48
- Patterns Within Age Groups 49
- Elements Within Narrative Structure 50
- Summary of Evaluative Results 51
- Chapter 5: Episodic Narratives 52
- Overall Production of Structures 52
- Complex Episodes 52
- Complete Episodes 53
- Reactive Sequences 53
- Interactive Episodes 55
- Action sequences 56
- Patterns Within Groups 56
- Summary of Episodic Analysis 58
- Chapter 6: Moral Centered Narratives 59
- Chapter 7: Performative Narratives 69
- PART III: Research to Practice 86
- Chapter 8: Implications for Educating African American Students 87
- Findings of the study 87
- Relevance and Educational Implications 88
- Home-School Mismatch 88
- Teacher expectations 89
- Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 90
- Examples of Narrative Instruction 91
- Directions for Future Research 96
- Conclusion 96
- Appendix A: Narratives by Participant 97
- Appendix B: Linguistic Features of African American English 109
- Vocabulary 113
- Bibliography 115
- Author Index 28
- Subject Index 134.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-127) and indexes.
- Subject:
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- African American children -- Language
- English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- African
- English language -- United States -- Discourse analysis
- English language -- United States -- Rhetoric
- African languages -- Influence on English
- Storytelling -- United States
- Storytelling -- Africa
- Narration (Rhetoric)
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