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Download full textGo Silk, Byron B.; Medriano, Ramon S., Jr.; Dela Cruz, Sonny Boy C.; Deran, Jerry James C.; Alieto, Ericson O.; Abdon, Marites M.; Rillo, Richard M.; Lucas, Irene Rochelle G. – Online Submission, 2020
This quantitative investigation involved 1,054 pre-service teacher respondents with mean age = 20.21 (SD=3.124). This cross-sectional study gathered data through the creation of four research tools validated and pilot tested. Moreover, three of the research tools (AChavQ, AFilQ, AEngQ) were determined to be of 'excellent' reliability, while one is…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Case Studies
Direct linkAiello, Jacqueline; Nero, Shondel J. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2019
In this article, two applied linguistics researchers who conducted qualitative studies in educational contexts in Italy and Jamaica reflexively interrogate identity tensions among their ascribed, felt and evolving insider/outsider identities and positions. The juxtaposition of selected discursively analyzed research vignettes reflects similarities…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Researchers, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context
Auleear Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
In Mauritius, Kreol is the home language of the majority of school children, while English is the main language of literacy and the main written medium of instruction as from the first year of primary schooling. This has had a backwash effect on the preschool sector, where English is introduced. A cross-sectional study of local preschools revealed…
Descriptors: Creoles, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Auleear Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
Most Mauritian children face a language challenge as they leave their homes and start school. While most Mauritian children speak a French-lexified Creole as home language, the Mauritian primary education programme promotes English as the main language of literacy and the only written medium of instruction. In such a context, the preschool has the…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Creoles, Primary Education, English (Second Language)
Mahadeo, Satish Kumar – English Teacher: An International Journal, 2001
Investigates the effects of formal instruction on second language acquisition, or more specifically whether explicit instruction results in specific features being acquired. A structure can be said to be acquired if the learner is able to use ii in spontaneous utterances, without having to stop and consciously apply the appropriate rules.…
Descriptors: Creoles, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedSiegel, Jeff – Applied Linguistics, 1997
Presents the results of research examining the argument that the use of a pidgin or creole will interfere with students' subsequent acquisition of the standard language. The study evaluated a preschool program in Papua New Guinea that uses Melanesian Pidgin English as the medium of instruction for students who later attend an English-medium…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
Richmond, Edmun B. – 1983
The findings of a study of language and language education policy in each of the three independent nations of Comoros, Mauritius, and the Seychelles are reported in this book. Each country is discussed separately, focusing on the linguistic and educational history, the existing educational system, and current language policies and programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Creoles, Developing Nations, Educational History
Sonck, Gerda – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
Mauritius is a multilingual country with English, French and Creole as the main languages, and several ancestral languages which are mainly used for religious ceremonies. Most children speak Creole at home and learn English, French and one ancestral language in the first year of primary school. The educational dropout rate is 40-50% after primary…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Creoles, Ceremonies, Dropout Rate
Friedman, Grace Ibanez; And Others – 1988
In 1986-87, the New York State Education Department's Bureau of Bilingual Education provided incentive grants to three New York City Board of Education's Office of Bilingual Education projects whose common goal was to improve instructional quality in schools that the state Comprehensive Assessment Report (CAR) had identified as having low student…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teachers, Chinese, Computer Literacy
