Creole-speaking contexts are significantly underrepresented in language and literacy research yet present a unique context for understanding the nature of language and literacy development among numerous learners in the Global South. In the Caribbean in particular, the poor writing outcomes of Creole speakers across all levels of education has…

Describes an integrated writing curriculum guide--"Children's Literature: Springboard to Understanding the Developing World"--developed by the Development Education Committee of UNICEF Ontario. Reviews the guide's units on African folktales, global interdependence, Latin American city life, and India. Asserts that children's literature…

English as a second language writing lessons, based on issues discussed in editorial letters in a local Malawi newspaper, provide practice in identifying opinions, identifying supporting evidence, checking argument logic, producing opinions, finding evidence to support opinions, and presenting logically-argued letters. (CB)