Publications

Publication details [#39795]

Nagai, Yasuko and Ronah Lister. 2004. From Vernacular to English: A Model of Innovation from within the Hearts of the Indigenous Teachers in Papua New Guinea. Language & Education 18 (6) : 525–538.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

L2-acquisition | language transfer | literacy | vernacular

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article confirms the effectiveness of initial vernacular education for successful transfer to English, drawing on the experiences of a local vernacular elementary school teacher in Papua New Guinea and his pupils.