Which statement about providing language intervention for Fela, a speaker of AAVE in a SAE classroom, is NOT an appropriate rationale?

• A. It will likely foster better communication with linguistically diverse peers.
• B. It will likely improve code-switching ability with her teacher and other adult speakers of SAE.
• C. It will likely lead Fela to adopt SAE as her primary dialect.
• D. It may expand Fela's later academic and vocational opportunities.

Answer: (C)

Fostering bilingual or bidialectal communication is the central aim when supporting a student who uses AAVE in a SAE classroom. The goal is to help Fela participate effectively in academic settings while also valuing her home dialect, not to replace it with SAE as her primary speech. It’s about building skills to use SAE in school situations and to code-switch as needed, without suggesting that AAVE should be abandoned or downgraded.

That makes the statement about SAE becoming her primary dialect inappropriate because it implies erasing her AAVE identity. In contrast, the other proposed outcomes—better communication with diverse peers, enhanced ability to code-switch with teachers and other SAE speakers, and expanded academic and vocational opportunities—are consistent with a respectful, practical approach that acknowledges dialect variation and supports success across contexts.