Publications

Publication details [#58036]

Camilleri Grima, Antoinette, Linda Buttigieg and Jessica Xerri. 2013. Gozitan dialects in the classroom and language awareness for learner empowerment. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 16 (5) : 589–601.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | language awareness | language choice | language of instruction | standard1 vs. dialect2

Language as a subject

Maltese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study argues that classroom language awareness activities enable students to use the proper variety in mixed Standard Maltese (SM)-Gozitan dialect Gozitan classroom realities, whilst raising learners' self-esteem.