Publications

Publication details [#53339]

Siegel, Jeff. 2010. Bilingual literacy in creole contexts. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 31 (4) : 383–402.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | classroom conversation | creole | language and culture | literacy

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper discusses the educational benefits to creole speakers of assuming either conventional or alternative (sociocultural literacy and truncated bilingualism) literacy practices in the classroom.