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Author:   Christina Fleischmann
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   318
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9783039115129

ISBN 10:   303911512
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   31 January 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Contents: Background Information on the Islands of the Indian Ocean Region - The Mascarenes: Reunion, Mauritius Rodriguez - The Seychelles: Geography, History, Population and Speech Situation - Sociohistorical Conditions of the Early IOR Colonial Societies - The Origin of the Seychellois Creole - The ""Bourbonnais"" versus the ""Isle de France"" Theory - The Genesis of the Seychellois Creole - Minority Languages - Language Planning - The Seychelles Education System - Language Attitudes towards the Seychellois Creole: A Case Study - Research Tools: Questionnaires, Interviews, Documentary Analysis - Attitudes Towards the Promotion and Learning of Creole - The Status of Creole as a Formal Language - Value Differences Between English, Creole and French - The Role and Status of Creole in the Seychelles School System - Improvement of the Seychelles School System through Creole - Attitudes of Teachers and Policy-Makers Towards Creole in Schools - Recommendations - Summary and Outlook."

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People interested in language planning, linguistic policy-making, minority languages, multilingual education, Creole studies and linguistics would find Fleischmann's study useful. I found a well-written, clearly-focused and informative study that may well have relevance for policy-makers in other multilingual former colonial states. (Karin Speedy, Zeitschrift fuer franzoesische Sprache und Literatur)

Author Information

The Author: Christina Tamaa Fleischmann was born in 1978 in Uznach (SG), Switzerland. She spent her early childhood in Tanzania and went to school in Switzerland and in the Seychelles. From 1997-2003, she studied English, social pedagogy and film at the University of Zurich. In 2007 she completed her doctoral studies.

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