Carolyn Temple Adger is director of the Language in Society Division at the Center for Applied Linguistics, a national non-profit organization devoted to improving communication through better understanding of language and culture.
For many years, she has worked with teachers in culturally diverse schools, leading professional development and conducting research on aspects of language in education.
Dr. Adger’s research on children’s language use has been reported in a number of articles and chapters. Her books include Kids Talk: Strategic Language Use in Later Childhood(co-edited),Making the Connection: Language and Academic Achievement Among African American Students(co-edited), and What Teachers Need to Know About Language(co-edited), as well as Dialects in Schools and Communities(co-authored).She holds an M.S. and a PhD. in sociolinguistics from Georgetown University,1984 and a master's degree in English language arts education from the University of Maryland.
Carolyn Temple Adger is a Faculty Research Associate at the Department of Special Education, University of Maryland, where she directs research on the school language experiences of children who speak African American Vernacular English. She holds a Ph.D. in sociolinguistics from Georgetown University. Currently, her interests are focused on language in education: cross- cultural communication, language awareness, academic talk, and dialect-fair assessment.
1. Registering students from language backgrounds other than English. Article · Jan 2007
2. Article: Implementing Standards with English Language Learners: Initial Findings from Four Middle Schools. Jan 1998.
3. Article: Professional Development for Teachers in Culturally Diverse Schools.
