Paper A Doctoral Student's Journey in Switching from Modified AAVE to Standard English When Delivering Academic Presentations Susan Spezzini (Univ of Alabama at Birmingham) Lisa Anderson (Univ of Alabama at Birmingham)

Program Summary
This study examines how a doctoral student from a disadvantaged urban background adjusted language use during a presentation skills course. After using modified Afro-American Vernacular for his first presentation, he switched to Standard American English for his final presentation. Possible reasons are analyzed from the perspective of "language as/for/in/of development."

A Doctoral Student's Journey in Switching from Modified AAVE to Standard English When Delivering Academic Presentations