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Direct linkFranken, Margaret; August, Matilda – Language and Education, 2011
For over a decade, the Department of Education in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has adopted vernacular education as a way of ensuring that the educational experiences of children in schools draw on the cultural and linguistic knowledge they bring to the classroom. In PNG, there are many potential vernaculars--apart from the local languages, there are Tok…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Language Usage, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
