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Minority Language Development and Literacy among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Refugees, and Wartime Communities
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Yoder, Joan Bomberger – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
This article describes how minority language development and literacy activities were facilitated in a wartime context for Southern Sudanese language groups, particularly through the use of workshops. It also presents the voices of the language speakers themselves as they reflect on this process. A background discussion considers the importance of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Workshops, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Ethnic Bilingual/Bicultural Programs in Canadian Public Schools.
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Dawson, Don – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1982
It does not appear that bilingual (ethnic/official language) schools in the public sector will replace private ethnic schools. The latter often emphasize religious training and conduct much instruction in the community's native dialect, which most school boards would avoid, despite government and public support for bilingual/bicultural programs as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Le probleme des eleves anglo-dominants dans les ecoles ontariennes de langue francaise: acquisition, emploi et enseignement du francais (The Problem of English-Dominant Students in Ontario French Language Schools: Acquisition, Use, and Teaching of French).
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Mougeon, Raymond; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
Patterns of French acquisition, use, and proficiency among Ontario anglophones are examined, and their implications for changes in both French native language instruction and French second language instruction to support the maintenance and use of French are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Dialects, Foreign Countries, French, Language Acquisition