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Shawna-Kaye D. Tucker; Hamish Chalmers; Victoria A. Murphy – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
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…
Descriptors: Creoles, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Writing Difficulties
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Seunarinesingh, Krishna – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2010
The present study focused on investigating (a) what authentic texts were used and (b) how they were used for instruction in three elementary schools, where learners' L1/D1 was a Caribbean Creole. Three findings emerged: First, teachers focused considerable attention on developing students' vocabularies and knowledge of English grammar. Second,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Creoles