Miami University Underrepresented Black Culture in the United States Questions

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#1 – Ebonics 101

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• Identify two styles of language Steven Willis discusses in “Ebonics 101.” (As Willis notes, “Ebonics is often referred to as “African American Vernacular English” or AAVE.) What is his argument?
• How does Willis claim the right to speak Ebonics as an expression of his cultural identity—as a part of his “authenticity”

#2 – Spanglish (TEDx Talk)

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Answer the following:

• In “Honoring Spanglish as a Resource,” how does Eric Johnson support his argument that Spanglish can be an important educational resource? Who would benefit?
• How does Johnson support his contention that Spanglish is not a “deficient language,” but rather is linguistically sound?
• How, according to Johnson, does Spanglish express an identity? How would you describe that identity? Who speaks Spanglish?
• What is the underlying argument of this Tedx Talk? What do you think?

#3 – Mountain Talk

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• Identify and briefly explain three examples of “Mountain Talk” from the clip “Appalachian English.”
• How do the people in the film seem to feel about their Applalachian language, culture, and identity?
• How would you characterize your own language identity? Why do you say so?

#4 – Language and Cultural Preservation

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Answer the following:

• How and why has Daryl Baldwin sought to revitalize the Myaamia language?
• What, according to Baldwin, is the relation between language and culture?
• What do you think Baldwin means when he says that language is “part of a healing process”?