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Title: Linguistics
Review: I read this book for an education class, *after* I had already done extensive linguistic study. From a linguistic standpoint, Shirley Brice Heath's book "Ways With Words" is much more effective. Ladson-Billings glosses over the differences between African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and Standard American English (SAE). There are vital distinctions between these that are important for any teacher of either dialect to understand! Heath's book is much more comphrehensive regarding both AAVE and SAE and even teaching in a classroom where both are spoken. I heartily recommend Heath; you can take or leave Ladson-Billings and I prefer to leave it.
