Using a Pidgin Language in Formal Education: Help or Hindrance?.

Siegel, Jeff

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ERIC Number: EJ541119

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Publication Date: 1997

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Using a Pidgin Language in Formal Education: Help or Hindrance?

Siegel, Jeff

Applied Linguistics, v18 n1 p86-100 Mar 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 community school. (24 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction, Learning Strategies, Pidgins, Preschool Children, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Standard Spoken Usage, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea

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