Some flaws in educational discussion of the English of Asian schoolchildren in britain

1 January 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Vol. 4 (1) , 15-28
https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.1983.9994097

Abstract

This article examines educational literature concerned with the English of Asian² schoolchildren in Britain. It focuses on the often pejorative use of the phrase ‘deceptive fluency’, and characterises discussion as normative, teacher‐centred and only narrowly socio‐linguistic in scope. In contrast to this has been the treatment of West Indian language, although there are now a few signs that educational discussion of Asian children's English may be turning in a similar direction.

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Linguistic skill and ethnic group
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DIALECT IN SCHOOL
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The Abilities and Attainments of Immigrant Children
Research in Education, 1970