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Kephart, Ronald – 1992
As part of a study that sought ways to improve the language arts educational experience for Grenadian children, an anthropologist investigated how Carriacou Creole English (CCE) reading materials could be provided and how these children would react to them. CCE is the native language of the inhabitants of Carriacou, a sister island of Grenada. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Creoles, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
Robinson, H. Alan – 1970
Ways that the teacher can make communication skills instruction relevant to the learner are emphasized. It is suggested that teachers (1) learn more about our language structure, (2) study the particular environment and language of students, (3) emphasize strategies of word attack in context rather than teach lists of individual sight words, (4)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Educational Improvement, Individualized Instruction
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Aberdeen, SD. Aberdeen Area Office. – 1980
In order to support the theory that Indian students are culturally different in general and that their culture is good and can be utilized in instruction to help students learn, a review of literature, ideas, and materials are provided to help teachers utilize the "different" theory in their classrooms. Although most of the materials…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, Cultural Differences