A Consideration of the Portability and Supportability of Immersion Education: A Critical Look at English Immersion in Melanesia.

Lotherington, Heather

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Publication Date: 1996

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A Consideration of the Portability and Supportability of Immersion Education: A Critical Look at English Immersion in Melanesia.

Lotherington, Heather

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v17 n5 p349-59 1996

Considers the pedagogical validity of English immersion education in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, Melanesian countries of the South Pacific. Questions the appropriateness of implementing a policy of English language immersion education in a postcolonial, multilingual Third World context where support for first language maintenance and second language instruction is inadequate. (27 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Developing Nations, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Language Maintenance, Language of Instruction, Language Planning, Multilingualism, Official Languages, Primary Education, Second Language Instruction

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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