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Race and Language Learning in Multicultural Canada: Towards Critical Antiracism
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Kubota, Ryuko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Issues of race constitute an emerging area of inquiry in language education. Yet, race, racialisation and racism are still stigmatised topics of discussion in everyday and professional contexts in multiracial and multiethnic countries. Canada is especially an interesting context in this regard due to its official policy of multiculturalism that…
Descriptors: Race, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Ethics
Innu Oral Dominance Meets Schooling: New Data on Outcomes
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Burnaby, Barbara; Philpott, David – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
In light of a major study on educational outcomes, this paper explores how Aboriginal language dominance and virtually exclusive use of oral communications in one Aboriginal group has been affected by its interaction with Western institutions. For several years negotiations have been undertaken among the Innu Nation of Labrador, the province of…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Canada Natives, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
A Sociolinguistic Comparison between Quebec's Charter of the French Language and the 1989 Language Laws of Five Soviet Republics.
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Maurais, Jacques – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Compares the language laws of five Soviet Republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, and Kazakhstan) with Quebec's Charter of the French Language along the following lines: proclamation of an official language; the common language in question; language of communication with customers and citizens; language of education; and linguistic…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Business Communication, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Cree Decision Making Concerning Language: A Case Study.
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Burnaby, Barbara; Mackenzie, Marguerite – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Describes the complex context of language choice in schools in Cree communities on the east coast of James bay in Quebec before Cree was used as the language of instruction. Four important threads of concern were identified: locus of control, economies of scale, community visions of language and education, and the role of literacies. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Literacy
A Consideration of the Portability and Supportability of Immersion Education: A Critical Look at English Immersion in Melanesia.
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Lotherington, Heather – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Considers the pedagogical validity of English immersion education in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands, Melanesian countries of the South Pacific. Questions the appropriateness of implementing a policy of English language immersion education in a postcolonial, multilingual Third World context where support for first language maintenance and second…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French
Assessment of Oral Communicative Skills in Early French Immersion Programmes.
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Day, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
The British Columbia French Speaking Test, administered to grade 3 immersion students, measured their speaking skills through a story- retelling and group discussion task. When 110 immersion children were compared to 25 Francophone children, results indicated that the immersion children were comparable to the francophones in communicative skills…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, FLES