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Dodgy Data, Language Invisibility and the Implications for Social Inclusion: A Critical Analysis of Indigenous Student Language Data in Queensland Schools
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Dixon, Sally; Angelo, Denise – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2014
As part of the "Bridging the Language Gap" project undertaken with 86 State and Catholic schools across Queensland, the language competencies of Indigenous students have been found to be "invisible" in several key and self-reinforcing ways in school system data. A proliferation of inaccurate, illogical and incomplete data…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Standard Spoken Usage, Foreign Countries, English
Issues in Education: Language Building Blocks for Climbing the Learning Tree
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Pandey, Anita – Childhood Education, 2012
Language is the essence of humanity and the backbone of early childhood education. Academic content clusters on it. Math, science, and social studies, for instance, are best taught through "content area language." Critical thinking and other key math, listening, and reading comprehension skills are mirrored in language. Not surprisingly, spoken…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Figurative Language, Diachronic Linguistics, Multilingualism
American Indians and the English Language Arts
Hopkins, Thomas R. – Florida F L Rep, 1969
Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (AMM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Educational Programs, English (Second Language)