1. Check out the material and gather key information about the structure of AAE/AAVE.

2. Create a poster (e.g., using Canva) to visually present what you’ve learned.

3. Use the guiding questions if they help, but feel free to focus on what interests you most.

4. Upload your poster to the Padlet and get ready to present! 🚀

Guiding questions:

What does AAVE stand for?

What are some special sentence structures in AAVE?

A)What are double negatives?

B) What is the habitual be?

C) What is an absent copula?

Why ist he dialect so consistent throughout the USA?

Discussion: Do you think AAE/AAVE should be corrected? Why or why not?

If you have any questions raise your hand or use your resources at hand.

2. Create a simple poster about your topic (e.g., using Canva).

3. Upload your poster to the Padlet.

4. Be ready to present your work! 🚀

Guiding questions:

Where can you find AAVE in popular culture? Do some research online! It can be Social media, advertisement, music, film, books!

What is cultural appropriation? 

What is problematic about the unreflected use of AAVE and seeing it as „Internet Culture“?

Discussion: Do you think the reproduction of AAVE in media and popular culture reinforces stereotypes? Why or why not?

If you have any questions raise your hand or use your resources at hand.

Watch/Read the material below.

Your Task:

1. Go through the material: Read the texts and watch the videos carefully. Use the given questions to guide you – but you can also come up with your own! You don’t have to answer all of them.

2. Create a simple poster about your topic (e.g., using Canva).

3. Upload your poster to the Padlet.

4. Be ready to present your work! 🚀

Guiding questions:

When did AAVE emerge and what role does slavery play in its emergence?

How did other languages help shape AAVE?

Where is it spoken today?

Discussion: Do you think it should be recognized as a dialect of English today and still has a right to exist, or should it be abolished? Why or why not?

If you have questions you can raise your hand or use your resources at hand.

How does he justify their use?