Teaching English Today

This book offers a rare examination of the secondary English curriculum, focusing on current trends and looking pragmatically at reform initiatives. Providing both a review and a heads-up about what's new -- or what should be new -- in English classrooms. Book jacket.

Foreword

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Patrick Shannon

Introduction

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Barrie R.C. Barrell, Roberta F. Hammett, John S. Mayher, and Gordon M. Prodl

Chapter 1 CHAT ROOM MUSINGS: ENGLISH TEACHING IN A CHANGING WORLD

11

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Gordon M. Prodl and John S. Mayher

Chapter 2 A HISTORY NOT YET PAST: WHERE THEN IS HERE?

24

(12)

John Willinsky

Chapter 3 UNCERTAIN RELATIONS: ENGLISH AND CULTURAL STUDIES

36

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Robert Morgan

Chapter 4 PASSIONATE CONTRACTS: DISCURSIVE CONTRADICTION AND STRUGGLE IN SECONDARY ENGLISH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS

57

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Ursula A. Kelly

Chapter 5 "WORDS IS CHANGIN' EVERY DAY": LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN THE URBAN CONTACT ZONE

68

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Maryann Dickar

Chapter 6 TIGHTROPE WALKERS: THE BALANCING AND UNBALANCING ACT OF TEACHING WRITING

81

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Jill Kedersha McClav

Chapter 7 "TRYING TO BEND THE TREE WHEN IT IS ALREADY GROWN": SPANNING THE SPECTRUM OF AFRICAN DIASPORA ENGLISHES IN THE COLLEGE WRITING CLASSROOM

92

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Carmen Kynard

Chapter 8 DEVELOPING CRITICAL RESPONSES TO STORIES IN MANY MEDIA

106

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Margaret Mackey

Chapter 9 WORDS AND WINDOWS: USING TECHNOLOGY FOR CRITICAL LITERACY

117

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Roberta F. Hammett

Chapter 10 CONTEXT, TEXT, AND TESTS: ISSUES IN ENGLISH ASSESSMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

132

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Sarah W. Beck

About the Contributors

147

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Index

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Teaching English Today

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