S6 E12: Celebrating many meanings: Language comprehension and bidialectal students with Jasmine Rogers

<p>While working with students, one educator came to a realization that put her on a path to fascinating research in the Science of Reading. In this episode, Jasmine Rogers—manager and coach with the In Schools program at the DC Reading Clinic and an early literacy intervention lead at American University—shares her story and delves into her research on dialects and best practices for structured literacy instruction. She discusses Black language and how it connects with the language comprehension strand of Scarborough&apos;s Reading Rope. Jasmine also offers recommendations for classroom teachers who have bidialectal students.<br/><br/><b>Show notes:</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.dcreadingclinic.org/'>DC Reading Clinic</a></li><li><a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/612361/3815342-22-a-conversation-with-mary-clayman'>S1-22: Success using the Science of Reading: Mary Clayman</a></li><li><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminerogers/'>Jasmine Rogers - Linkedin </a></li><li><a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/612361/9306859-s4-07-linguistic-variety-and-dialects-difference-not-error-julie-washington'>S4-07: Linguistic Variety and Dialects: Difference, not error: Julie Washington</a></li><li>“<a href='https://www.aft.org/ae/summer2021/washington_seidenberg'>Teaching Reading to African American Children</a>,” by Julie A. Washington and Mark S. Seidenberg</li><li>“<a href='https://www.routledge.com/Linguistic-Justice-Black-Language-Literacy-Identity-and-Pedagogy/Baker-Bell/p/book/9781138551022'>Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy</a>,” by April Baker-Bell</li><li>“<a href='https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/leader.FTR1.25012020.46'>An Informed Lens on African American English</a>,” by Megan-Brette Hamilton</li><li>“<a href='https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.21832/9781847692849-007/html'>Multilingualism and Codeswitching in Education</a>,” by Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu</li></ul><p><b>Quotes:</b><br/><br/>“As a teacher, a Black woman, who speaks Black English, who know