Teaching Language & Literacy to Caribbean Students: From Vernacular to Standard English
By Dennis R. Craig.
Description
In many parts of the world there are situations where the majority of the people speak a vernacular which differs significantly in grammar and idiom from the official language with which it coexists but nevertheless share the majority of a common vocabulary. This is the case in the Caribbean where childhood speakers of English-based Creole languages have significant difficulty in acquiring Standard English and literacy in English. However, pedagogical approaches to the plight of such children have not achieved a generally accepted theoretical position and have lacked consistency over the ye...
ISBN(s)
9766372292, 9789766372293
