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Promoting Local Languages in Ugandan Primary Schools: The Community as Stakeholder
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Tembe, Juliet; Norton, Bonny – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
The community is an important stakeholder in language education, and community views are critical for the successful implementation of new language policies. This article reports on a study on multilingual language policies conducted in two primary schools in two communities in eastern Uganda, one rural and one urban, from 2005 through 2006. The…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Planning, Multilingualism, Elementary Schools
The Importance of Heritage Language.
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Piper, Terry – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1987
Posits that a child's success in acquiring English may depend to a large degree on his or her proficiency in the heritage language. (CB)
Descriptors: Child Language, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Language Proficiency
Le probleme des eleves anglo-dominants dans les ecoles ontariennes de langue francaise: acquisition, emploi et enseignement du francais (The Problem of English-Dominant Students in Ontario French Language Schools: Acquisition, Use, and Teaching of French).
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Mougeon, Raymond; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
Patterns of French acquisition, use, and proficiency among Ontario anglophones are examined, and their implications for changes in both French native language instruction and French second language instruction to support the maintenance and use of French are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Dialects, Foreign Countries, French, Language Acquisition