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From Vernacular to English: A Model of Innovation from within the Hearts of the Indigenous Teachers in Papua New Guinea
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Nagai, Yasuko; Lister, Ronah – Language and Education, 2004
This paper explores the effectiveness of initial vernacular education for successful transfer to English. The data is drawn from the personal, innovative experiences of a local vernacular elementary school teacher in Papua New Guinea, who helped individual children to gain literacy skills in the local vernacular. As a result, the children were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Elementary School Teachers, English (Second Language)