Volume 12, Number 1, 1999

Geert Driessen and Virgie Withagen

Language Varieties and Educational Achievement of Indigenous Primary School Pupils.......1

Mbodouma Victor

Learning English in Gabon: The Question of Cultural Content.......23

Valerie Youssef and Beverly-Anne Carter

Confronting Local Dialect and Culture Issues in the EFL Classroom.......31

Stephen J. Caldas and Suzanne Caron-Caldas

Language Immersion and Cultural Identity: Conflicting Influences and Values.......42

Charlotte Franson

Mainstreaming Learners of English as an Additional Language: The Class Teacher's Perspective.......59

Diana Masny and Sue-San Ghahremani-Ghajar

Weaving Multiple Literacies: Somali Children and their Teachers in the Context of School Culture.......72

Carl James

Language Awareness: Implications for the Language Curriculum.......94