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Author Robertson, Ian

Title Education Issues in Creole and Creole-Influenced Vernacular Contexts
Published Kingston : University of the West Indies Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (318 p.)
Contents Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreward -- Preface -- Part 1. Dennis Craig in Caribbean Language Education -- 1. Dennis Craig's Contributions to Applied Creolistics: Jeff Siegel -- 2. Dennis Craig and Language Education: Beverley Bryan -- Part 2. The Background to Caribbean Language -- 3. The Niger-Congo Languages as a Linguistic Source of Caribbean English: Richard Allsopp -- 4. Revisiting Notions of "Deficiency" and "Inadequacy" in Creoles from an Applied Linguistics Perspective: Hazel Simmons-McDonald
5. English in Today's World: New Challenges for Caribbean Educators: Pauline Christie -- Part 3. Policy Issues and Perspectives on Vernacular Education in the Caribbean -- 6. Introducing Policies and Procedures for Vernacular Situations: Peter Roberts -- 7. Instructional Models for a Creole-Influenced Vernacular Context: The Case of St Lucia: Hazel Simmons-McDonald -- 8. The Role of Grammar in English-Language Teaching in the Anglophone Caribbean: Ian Robertson -- 9. The Landing Point: The Bilingual Education Project and the Grade 4 (2008) Results: Hubert Devonish and Karen Carpenter
10. The Varilingual Language Use of Trinidadian Secondary-School Teachers: Valerie Youssef -- Part 4. Issues of Context -- 11. Coexisting Discourses and the Teaching of English in the Creole-Speaking Environment of Jamaica: Kathryn Shields Brodber -- 12. Literature for the Caribbean Classroom: Velma Pollard -- 13. Common Problems in Teaching French as a Foreign Language in the English-Official Caribbean: Jeannette Allsopp -- 14. Educating the Creole-Speaking Child in the North American Classroom: Ian Robertson
Notes Description based upon print version of record
15. Teaching English to Vernacular Speakers in US and Caribbean Schools: John R. Rickford and Angela E. Rickford
Subject English language -- Study and teaching -- Caribbean Area
Creole dialects, English -- Caribbean Area
Creoles -- Education -- Caribbean Area
Form Electronic book
Author Simmons-McDonald, Hazel
ISBN 9766404798
9789766404796