Investigating Language in a Jamaican Primary School: Perceptions and Findings of a Group of Primary School Teachers.

Bryan, Beverley

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ERIC Number: EJ567286

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Investigating Language in a Jamaican Primary School: Perceptions and Findings of a Group of Primary School Teachers.

Bryan, Beverley

Changing English, v4 n2 p251-58 Oct 1997

Addresses the complex requirements of language goals in Jamaica--the impetus for Creole linguistics to inform pedagogical practice and by implication, teacher involvement in that theorizing. Examines teachers' roles in a national program to improve standards of literacy in Jamaican schools. (PA)

Descriptors: Creoles, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Literacy, Metalinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Jamaica

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