Publications

Publication details [#48904]

Sharifian, Farzad. 2008. Aboriginal English in the Classroom: An Asset or a Liability? Language Awareness 17 (2) : 131–138.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialect1 | language of instruction | language status | language use | school

Language as a subject

English, Australian Aboriginal

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This article explores how the use of students' Australian Aboriginal English home dialect in the classroom can be considered as an asset on various grounds.