West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979) - Challenges and Responses

List of contents

1. West Indians in Britain. 2. West Indian Creole. 3. Verbal Skills in West Indians. 4. Creole Interference. 5. Language Attitudes and Educational Success. 6. Practical Approaches to Language. 7. Curriculum Change for a Multicultural Society.

About the author

Viv Edwards

Summary

First published in 1979 this book provides the non-specialist with an account of the language of West Indian children and examines how linguistic ‘interference’ can affect their level of reading, writing and understanding, even when they have been born in Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Viv Edwards, Edwards Viv
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781138303201
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30320-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Multicultural education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Educational strategies and policy