Language use and the instructional strategies of Grade 3 teachers to support 'bridging' in Papua New Guinea

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dc.contributor.authorFranken, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorAugust, Matilda
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-27T03:03:42Z
dc.date.available2011-05-27T03:03:42Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractFor over a decade, the Department of Education in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has adopted vernacular education as a way of ensuring that the educational experiences of children in schools draw on the cultural and linguistic knowledge they bring to the classroom. In PNG, there are many potential vernaculars - apart from the local languages, there are Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu. The policy advocates 'bridging' as an instructional strategy. While the term is used extensively by teachers, it is unclear what teachers think it entails and how they enact bridging. This small-scale exploratory study documents the views of a group of Grade 3 teachers in the East New Britain region and provides observations of their bridging strategies. While the teachers are not particularly supportive of vernacular education, they report on and use instructional strategies that include translation, metalinguistic comparison, contrast and elaboration. The teachers make much use of elicitation to encourage children to articulate their understanding of English, and they demonstrate flexible and dynamic use of languages in their classrooms. The fact that the study recorded no use of the local languages suggests that systematic follow-up of policy in practice is much needed, together with more in-depth research.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationFranken, M. & August, M. (2011). Language use and the instructional strategies of Grade 3 teachers to support 'bridging' in Papua New Guinea. Language and Education, 25(3), 221-239.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09500782.2011.563858en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/5365
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfLanguage and Educationen_NZ
dc.subjectmultilingual educationen_NZ
dc.subjectvernacular literaciesen_NZ
dc.subjectbilingual teachersen_NZ
dc.subjectclassroom dialogueen_NZ
dc.subjectcodeswitchingen_NZ
dc.titleLanguage use and the instructional strategies of Grade 3 teachers to support 'bridging' in Papua New Guineaen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page221en_NZ
pubs.elements-id35930
pubs.end-page239en_NZ
pubs.issue3en_NZ
pubs.volume25en_NZ
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