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ERIC Number: EJ541119
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
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: Melanesian English Pidgin; Papua New Guinea