Preaching the Word, Teaching the Word!

About the Book

Preaching the Word! Teaching the Word! is a well-meaning language awareness tutorial. Its slice-of-life approach captures verbatim lapses in communication spoken in structured settings. This exposition addresses the crucial need to model standard English to support improved communication.

Further, the work fulfills an altruistic desire to share the impact of the author’s specialized learning and extensive teaching expertise. Empowering and informational, it offers alternatives to language often heard, accepted, and repeated without critical reflection regarding its suitability. This paying-forward resource encourages and promotes improved language facility throughout the proverbial village.

An Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts at Bossier Parish Community College, Dr. Frances Swayzer Conley earned the baccalaureate degree at Grambling State University, majoring in English with equally substantial concentration in Speech and Drama. Subsequently she completed graduate studies at Louisiana Tech University, attaining the Master of Arts degree and specializing in English and Education. She engaged in further studies at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Northwestern State University, Southern University at Shreveport, and The University of Louisiana at Monroe—returning to Grambling State University to earn the Doctor of Education degree in Developmental Education, concentrating in Higher Education Administration and Management with English as a cognate.

About the Author

Dr. Conley has been published in Research in Developmental Education (RiDE) and is a contributing author to Meeting the Challenges of Diversity in Higher Education in the New Millennium. Her longer works are the solo titles Prez Lives! Remembering Grambling’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones and Home to Holly Grove: Cherishing Our Rich Heritage. So What If Amy Can’t Hear? and Fanci Dancy Visits Her Japanese Tomodachi: Konnichiwa, Tomodachi (Hello, Friend) are her children’s books which promote cultural understanding and communication. Scores of professional projects and documents have emanated from her pen. Among her activities in consultancy are collaborations with the Department of Educational Leadership and the Center for Faculty Publishing and Research at Grambling State University, as well as with academic and denominational leaders. A practicing Baptist and orator, she is active in Christian teaching and learning opportunities.