Challenges in English Literacy for African-American and Lankan Tamil Learners: Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm for Bidialectal and Bilingual Minority Students.

Canagarajah, A. Suresh

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Publication Date: 1997

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Challenges in English Literacy for African-American and Lankan Tamil Learners: Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm for Bidialectal and Bilingual Minority Students.

Canagarajah, A. Suresh

Language and Education, v11 n1 p15-37 1997

Compares two separate classroom ethnographies in higher educational institutions--one on African American students learning academic writing and another on Sri Lankan Tamil students learning English for general purposes. Attempts to overcome the separation of the concerns of bilingual and bidialectal minority students in English-language teaching. (55 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Blacks, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Ethnography, Minority Groups, Political Issues, Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation, Tamil, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Sri Lanka

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