Whose English counts? Indigenous English in Saskatchewan schools
ABSTRACT. Drawing on the body of North American literature related to English dialect-speaking Indigenous students schooled in majority group classrooms, this commentary paper explores two aspects of institutional racism at work in Saskatchewan schools: (a) the disproportionate representation of Fir...
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ftjmje:oai:ojs.ejournal.library.mcgill.ca:article/712 2024-09-15T18:06:33+00:00 Whose English counts? Indigenous English in Saskatchewan schools Sterzuk, Andrea 2008-05-26 application/pdf https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/712 eng eng McGill University Library https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/712/2083 https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/712 McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill; Vol. 43 No. 1 (2008) Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill; Vol. 43 No. 1 (2008) 1916-0666 0024-9033 Indigenous English Saskatchewan schools English dialect racism First Nations Metis remedial language English varieties info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-Reviewed Article Article évalué par les pairs 2008 ftjmje 2024-08-30T03:10:17Z ABSTRACT. Drawing on the body of North American literature related to English dialect-speaking Indigenous students schooled in majority group classrooms, this commentary paper explores two aspects of institutional racism at work in Saskatchewan schools: (a) the disproportionate representation of First Nations and Metis students in remedial language and speech programs and (b) the relationship and power imbalance between differences in home and school English varieties and educational attainment. QUEL EST L’ANGLAIS QUI COMPTE ? L’ANGLAIS AMÉRINDIEN DANS LES ÉCOLES DE LA SASKATCHEWAN RÉSUMÉ. En se basant sur le corpus des textes nord-américains qui traitent des élèves amérindiens parlant un dialecte anglais dans des classes où ils sont minoritaires, le présent article étudie deux aspects du racisme institutionnel qui existe dans les écoles de la Saskatchewan : (a) Le pourcentage disproportionné d’élèves autochtones et métis dans les programmes de rééducation du langage et de la parole et (b) les déséquilibres entre les variétés d’anglais parlées à l’école et à la maison et les conséquences sur la réussite scolaire. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations McGill Journal of Education |
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ABSTRACT. Drawing on the body of North American literature related to English dialect-speaking Indigenous students schooled in majority group classrooms, this commentary paper explores two aspects of institutional racism at work in Saskatchewan schools: (a) the disproportionate representation of First Nations and Metis students in remedial language and speech programs and (b) the relationship and power imbalance between differences in home and school English varieties and educational attainment. QUEL EST L’ANGLAIS QUI COMPTE ? L’ANGLAIS AMÉRINDIEN DANS LES ÉCOLES DE LA SASKATCHEWAN RÉSUMÉ. En se basant sur le corpus des textes nord-américains qui traitent des élèves amérindiens parlant un dialecte anglais dans des classes où ils sont minoritaires, le présent article étudie deux aspects du racisme institutionnel qui existe dans les écoles de la Saskatchewan : (a) Le pourcentage disproportionné d’élèves autochtones et métis dans les programmes de rééducation du langage et de la parole et (b) les déséquilibres entre les variétés d’anglais parlées à l’école et à la maison et les conséquences sur la réussite scolaire. |
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Whose English counts? Indigenous English in Saskatchewan schools |
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McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill; Vol. 43 No. 1 (2008) Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill; Vol. 43 No. 1 (2008) 1916-0666 0024-9033 |
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