{"product_id":"9781861770141","title":"Caribbean and African Languages: Social History, Language, Literature and Education","description":"This book looks at the issues involved in the use of Creoles in the education system. Issues covered include: the often marginal place of Creoles in various linguistic models (eg Chomskean, structuralist); the culturally specific nature of language; the psycholinguistic disjunction between competence and performance of Creole speakers; and the low social status of Creoles.\u003cp\u003eProposals are made for improvements in the position of Creole speakers in the education system including: greater awareness of language and its class and racial dimensions among teachers (not incidentally restricted to the issues raised by Creoles); the need for open discussion of language differences and their social context in the classroom; the availability of Afro-Caribbean languages and literature in the syllabi of the various examination ad certification boards; funding for mother-tongue projects, including those for French-based Patwa, often ignore even by the minority of English Creole speakers; changes in teaching methods, including the oral use of Creoles in the classroom; and an emphasis on communicative language theory to enable Creole speakers to acquire full mastery of standard English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssues around the psychology of cultural identify and language are considered in some detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA final section considers the place of Creoles in multilingual and multicultural education now and in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Whiting \u0026 Birch Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061643886832,"sku":"9781861770141","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861770141_p0.jpg?v=1763600683","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861770141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}