Dialects in the Classroom

Further reading

Hochman, Judith, and Natalie Wexler.  2024.  The Writing Revolution 2.0:  A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in all Subjects and Grades.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Oetting, Janna B., Ryan Lee, and Karmen L. Porter. 2013. "Evaluating the Grammars of Children Who Speak Nonmainstream Dialects of English." Top Language Disorders 33(2): 140–151.


Oetting, Janna B. & Janet L. McDonald. 2001. "Nonmainstream Dialect Use and Specific Language Impairment." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 44: 207–223.


Sedita, Joan.  2022.  The Writing Rope:  A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects.

Baltimore:  Brookes Publishing.