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Fairbairn, Kerry – 1982
This report discusses issues having a major impact on "Study Talk," the Queensland component of an Australian language development project. After first outlining the procedures and organizational structures used to set up and conduct "Study Talk," the report briefly describes methods used to evaluate project operations and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Elementary Education, Improvement, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedCleghorn, Ailie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 1992
Reports on an ethnographic study of primary level science classes in Kenya where English is the government-mandated language of instruction. Finds that important ideas were conveyed more easily when teachers did not adhere to the policy of English-only instruction. Concludes that the importance of sociolinguistics in instructional processes should…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
