Abstract:
This study was designed to collect information about English teachers and their awareness of African American English (AAE). Many classroom teachers are faced with instructing students who communicate through different variations of Standard English. Not only does demographics and home language affect this language acquisition, but pop culture and the media have also lent themselves as factors in how students speak and write in today's classrooms. The survey developed for this study was designed to gain information about how teachers view as well as how they address AAE use in English Language Arts classroom. Over 2000 English teachers from six southeastern states were contacted to participate in this study.
