Highlights
Covers fresh, important language issues—language and globalization, the languages used in deaf communities, languages and national identities, the multiple languages now spoken in the United States, and more.
Looks at language in the context of writing, with a chapter on language as argument as well as one on how writing changes languages.
Focuses on many languages in addition to English—German, Chinese, Spanish, Yiddish, Vietnamese, Azeri, French, Native American languages—and on several varieties of English, both in the U.S. and elsewhere—Ebonics, Spanglish, Konglish, Singlish, and others.
Includes real world readings as well as academic ones—more than half the readings are essays, of the kind that students using this book will be assigned to write, but the book also offers many other genres, including cartoons, news articles, ads, census data, Web sites, radio scripts, poems, stories, handbook guidelines, and more. There are some texts that are longer and more challenging (and divided into parts to make them easy to teach) and 2 student essays.
Prompts students to think about their own use of language, helping them to recognize language as one of the most significant resources human beings have in the construction of their identities—and to consider their own language practices.
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