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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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"Smuggling the Vernacular into the Classroom": Conflicts and Tensions in Classroom Codeswitching in Township/Rural Schools in South Africa
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Probyn, Margie – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
In South Africa, as in many parts of postcolonial Africa, English dominates the political economy and as a result is the medium of instruction chosen by the majority of South African schools, despite the fact that most learners do not have the opportunity to acquire English to the levels necessary for effective engagement with the curriculum.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Language Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
The Effect of Majority Language Exposure on Minority Language Skills: The Case of Inuktitut
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Allen, Shanley E. M.; Crago, Martha; Pesco, Diane – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
Children who are native speakers of minority languages often experience stagnation or decline in that language when exposed to a majority language in a school or community situation. This paper examines such a situation among the Inuit of arctic Quebec. All 18 participants in the study were native speakers of Inuktitut, living in home environments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, Monolingualism, Adults