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50 Years of ERIC
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Second-Language Education Policy in Quebec: A Critical Analysis of the Policy of English as a Compulsory Subject at the Early Primary Level in Quebec
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Fallon, Gerald; Rublik, Natalie – TESL Canada Journal, 2011
This is a critical policy study of language planning and policy in Quebec regarding the new policy direction requiring the compulsory teaching of English at the early primary level (grades 1-2, Cycle 1) in francophone public schools. Based on the analysis of policy documents, archives, and narratives from interviews, the goal of this policy study…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Electronic Mail, Seminars, Criticism
Beyond the Pragmatic and the Liminal: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Code-Switching in Early-Years Classrooms
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Iannacci, Luigi – TESL Canada Journal, 2008
This article examines the code-switching (CS) practices of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) young children in kindergarten and grade 1 classrooms. The author argues that their use of CS went beyond relief of psycholinguistic stress or coping with liminality (sense of living between two languages and cultures). Through several narratives…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Kindergarten, Grade 1, Young Children