West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)

Name: West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The West Indian Language Issue in British Schools (1979)Challenges and Responses\nAuthor(s): Viv Edwards\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138303201, 978-1138303201\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1979.\n\nThe performance of West Indian children in British schools has been the subject of enquiries by both a parliamentary select committee and the Department of Education. It is widely believed that an important factor in the relative failure of West Indian children is the language they use, West Indian Creole, and while teachers and others who work with them are aware that their language is often very different from British English, they seldom understand the nature of the differences, or their implications. The aim of this book is to provide the non-specialist with an account of the language of West Indian children and to examine how linguistic interference can affect their level of reading, writing and understandin.