Bidialectal education: Creole and standard in the West Indies
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1979
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Oxford University Press
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This paper examines the language education problems posed by bidialectal educational situations involving Creole and Standard language in the countries of the English-speaking Caribbean. The topics discussed include: 1) The neglect and rediscovery of Creole, 2) The use of the vernacular in education, 3) Teaching the standard by correction, and 4) Teaching the standard language as a second dialect
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Also published in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, No. 8, 1976, pp. 127-134 and Linguistics, No. 175, 1976, pp. 127-134