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Willans, Fiona – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This paper considers an appropriate pedagogy for indigenous language programmes at tertiary level in a context in which a former colonial language has become the default as both medium of instruction and subject of academic study. This pedagogy is guided by an overarching commitment to decolonisation of the academic space, is grounded in the…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Indigenous Knowledge, Native Language, Higher Education
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Goundar, Prashneel Ravisan – English Language Teaching, 2019
Language is something many individuals take for granted. It is usually when we discover that our language (or language variety) is different from and perhaps less valued than, the language of others or that our options are somehow limited, either because 'we do not speak/understand a language or language variety, or use it inappropriately or…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries
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Hopf, Suzanne C.; McDonagh, Sarah H.; Wang, Cen; McLeod, Sharynne – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2019
Fiji is a multicultural and multilingual community and English is one language taught in Fiji schools. This study aimed to describe the English language proficiency of Fiji primary school students. Direct assessment measures of 75 students' English language (listening and speaking) and literacy (reading and writing) skills were obtained (Year 1: n…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Elementary School Students, Urban Schools, Multilingualism