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Peer reviewedStairs, Arlene – English Quarterly, 1990
Studies Inuktitut and English writing proficiencies with elementary students. Finds native language fluency increases at the expense of polysynthetic complexity as students progress through school. Explores the search for linguistic and cultural bridges in Canadian native and minority situations as a more considered approach to vernacular…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
