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Promoting Local Languages in Ugandan Primary Schools: The Community as Stakeholder
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Tembe, Juliet; Norton, Bonny – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
The community is an important stakeholder in language education, and community views are critical for the successful implementation of new language policies. This article reports on a study on multilingual language policies conducted in two primary schools in two communities in eastern Uganda, one rural and one urban, from 2005 through 2006. The…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Planning, Multilingualism, Elementary Schools
Interraction langue maternelle-langue seconde (Interaction between the Native and the Second Language)
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Pons-Ridler, Suzanne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
Discusses the advantages of a bilingual education, and in particular the benefits of mother tongue instruction on the learning of the second language. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Education, Language Acquisition, Language Maintenance
Heritage Language Education in British Columbia: Policy and Programs.
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Beynon, June; Toohey, Kelleen – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Describes recent developments in heritage language education in British Columbia, Canada, discussing issues a heritage language advisory committee encountered in creating such policy, defining heritage language and the clientele for heritage language education, reviewing appropriate curricula, encouraging program development, and arranging…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English, Foreign Countries, French
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
Choix de la langue d'enseignement: une analyse chez des parents francophones en milieu bilingue soustractif (Choice of Language of Instruction: A Study of Francophone Parents in a Subtractive Bilingual Environment).
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Landry, Rodrigue; Allard, Real – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
A survey of francophone parents in Monckton, New Brunswick enrolling their children in either English-language or French-language schools revealed the reasons for the enrollment choices, satisfaction with the choice, perceptions of their children's linguistic competence and ethnic identity, their own linguistic assimilation, home and second…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, English, Ethnic Groups
Educational Implications of Mother Tongue Maintenance in Minority Language Groups
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Cummins, James – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
A study based on two hypotheses: (1) The cognitive and academic effects of bilingualism are mediated by the levels of competence attained in the first and second languages, and (2) the development of skills in a second language is a function of skills already developed in the first language. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education