Creoles and Minority Dialects in Education: An Overview

Siegel, Jeff

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“…There has been only a small amount of research done on the use of P/Cs in teaching literacy, and this is described in detail elsewhere (Siegel, 1993(Siegel, , 1999a(Siegel, , 1999b. Briefly, there have been rigorous evaluations of the bilingual programme using Kriol in Australia (Murtagh, 1982), the education reform using Seselwa in primary education in the Seychelles (Ravel & Thomas, 1985), and a pre-school programme teaching initial literacy in Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Siegel, 1997b).…”

Section: Studies Of Pidgin and Creole Literacy Programmesmentioning

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“…(For more details on these programmes and research evaluating some of them, see Siegel, 1999aSiegel, , 1999b Some changes in the direction of awareness programmes are slowly starting to occur in lexifier L2 settings. In Hawai'i, a recent grammar of Hawai'i Creole (Sakoda & Siegel, 2003) was written as a resource for teachers to help them bring the language into the classroom.…”

Section: Literacy Acquisition In the Standard Languagementioning

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Literacy in Pidgin and Creole Languages

Siegel

2005

Current Issues in Language Planning

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Literacy in Pidgin and Creole Languages

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2005

Current Issues in Language Planning

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“…Evidence also exists demonstrating the benefits of teaching initial literacy in a creole language in 'instrumental programmes' (Siegel 1999(Siegel , 2006. For example, research in Papua New Guinea (Siegel 1997) showed that the students who learned to read and write in Tok Pisin performed better throughout primary school than those who learned to read and write in English.…”

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Bilingual literacy in creole contexts

Siegel

2010

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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This article examines whether the conventional notion of bilingual literacy is applicable to speakers of creole languages in terms of autonomy, codification, instrumentalisation, education and literacy practices. It then goes on to describe alternative conceptions of both literacy and bilingualism that appear to be more relevant to creole contexts Á namely, the sociocultural literacy approach and truncated bilingualism. The article concludes with a discussion of the educational benefits to creole speakers of adopting either conventional or alternative bilingual literacy practices in the classroom.

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“…205). In Haiti, the 1979 Bernard educational reform introduced Haitian as the medium of instruction during the first 4 years of schooling, a clearly instrumental program according to Siegel's (1999) taxonomy, even though there has been some resistance on the part of both teachers and parents.…”

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“…Instrumental programs are those which use Creoles as languages of instruction for some or all subjects, at least in primary school, and thus make the widest use of Creoles. Among communities using Creole as the principal medium of instruction, Siegel (1999) mentions Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea), Haitian Creole (Haiti), Papiamento (Curaçao, Bonaire), and Seselwa (Seychelles). As mentioned in Migge et al (2010: 18), awareness programs aim at creating a positive awareness of the children's home language, without necessarily adopting it as a medium of instruction.…”

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Creoles and educational policy

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2013

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There are issues in Creole studies that intersect with first-and second-language acquisition, historical linguistics, language policy, language pedagogy, and postcolonial politics. One such issue is the language of instruction in countries and communities where Creole languages coexist with their respective lexifier languages, such as Jamaica, Barbados, Mauritius, Réunion, and Martinique, to name only a few examples. Thanks in part to the efforts of linguists and anthropologists since the 1960s, Creole languages have gained legitimacy in several countries, and have been gradually introduced in education. In this article, I review two recent volumes focusing partially or exclusively on the role of Creole languages in education. The first volume, edited by B. Migge, I. Léglise, and A. Bartens, describes and evaluates educational programs recently implemented in different countries and territories. The second volume is dedicated to Haitian Creole, with several contributions focusing on the use of Haitian in the education system. Migge et al.: Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projectsThis volume provides detailed case studies on various types of programs that have been implemented in Creole-speaking societies. Overall, the volume is a welcome contribution since it provides very detailed information on various types of initiatives, as well as an objective evaluation of the success (or failure) of these programs in achieving their objectives. The editors also did a very good job at summarizing the main issues in the introductory chapter, which provides an excellent overview

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Creoles and Minority Dialects in Education: An Overview

Cited by 93 publications

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Literacy in Pidgin and Creole Languages

Literacy in Pidgin and Creole Languages

Bilingual literacy in creole contexts

Creoles and educational policy

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