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Title: | Educational failure or success Aboriginal children's non-standard English utterances | Contributor(s): | Dixon, Sally (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2013-01 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1075/aral.36.3.05dix![]() |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/30107 | Abstract: | Within the Australian education system, Aboriginal students' use of non-standard English features is often viewed simplistically as evidence of non-attainment of literacy and oral-English milestones. One reason for this is the widespread use of assessment tools which fail to differentiate between native- English speakers and students who are learning English as a second language. In these assessments, non-standard English features are framed as 'mistakes' and low scores taken as evidence of 'poor' performance. This paper will contrast a mistake-oriented analysis with one that incorporates knowledge of the students' first language. It will clearly show that when consideration is given to the first language, a more nuanced picture of English proficiency emerges: one that is attuned to the specific second language learning pathway and thus far better placed to inform both assessment and classroom instruction. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Grant Details: | ARC/DP0877762 | Source of Publication: | Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 36(3), p. 302-315 | Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Co | Place of Publication: | The Netherlands | ISSN: | 1833-7139 0155-0640 |
Field of Research (FOR): | 200319 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages 200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO): | 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages: | C14 Alyawarr | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
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