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- Title
Critical Readings: African American Girls and Urban Fiction.
- Authors
Gibson, Simone
- Abstract
The article discusses the contrast between the urban fiction, featuring sexually charged and violent themes, read avidly by many African American girls, and the texts used in traditional English instruction with which many struggle. It notes that strong out-of-school literacy skills are not validated or welcomed in classrooms. It notes that as such students struggle to demonstrate literacy on national reading assessments, little research has been done on their literacy strengths. It points out that creating bridges between this group's leisure reading choices and school texts can support reading achievement and demonstrate culturally relevant teaching. An overview of urban fiction and its meaning for African American female readers is presented, and teachers' roles are discussed.
- Subjects
CULTURALLY relevant education; LITERACY; READING ability testing; READERSHIP; AFRICAN American girls; URBAN fiction; ENGLISH language education; FICTION
- Publication
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010, Vol 53, Issue 7, p565
- ISSN
1081-3004
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1598/JAAL.53.7.4