Bilingual Education in Cabo Verdean

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Abstract The focus of this chapter is the use of Cabo Verdean Creole as a language of instruction in Baystate Public Schools. The authors discuss the development of the Cabo Verdean Heritage Language and Culture curriculum that took place during Summer and Fall 2020, designed specifically to meet the needs of Cabo Verdean learners of English currently attending Baystate Public Schools. The curriculum was implemented in 2021. This chapter provides a brief historical overview of the use of Cabo Verdean Creole in Massachusetts Bilingual Education programs and then describes the overall vision for a new policy regarding the use of mother tongues in educational systems, which is driving the Cabo Verdean Center for Applied Research (CVCAR) to conceptualize and implement this new curriculum for Cabo Verdean learners of English. The authors introduce the various components of the curriculum while demonstrating that linguistic frameworks can be used successfully when they are applied in the instruction of Cabo Verdean learners of English. Es artigu ta sentra na uzu di kriolu kabuverdianu komu un instrumentu di ensinu na skolas públiku di Baystate. El ta relata dezenvolvimentu di un kurríkulu na kriolu kabuverdianu na verãu y outonu di 2020, konsebidu spesifikamenti pa Aprendizis Kabuverdianu di Inglês, ki ta frekuenta Skolas Públiku di Baystate. Es kurríkulu foi inplementadu na 2021. Es artigu ta fornese un brevi kontextu stóriku di uzu di língua kabuverdianu na idukasãu bilíngi na Massachusetts y dipos el ta oferese uma vizãu jeral di un novu pulítika di uzu di línguas na sistemas idukasiunal, ki permiti Cabo Verdean Center for Applied Research (CVCAR) lidera konsepsãu y inplementasãu di es kurríkulu pa Aprendizis Kabuverdianu di Inglês. Nu ta prezenta konponentis di kurríkulu y nu ta mostra ma nu pode uza struturas linguístiku ku susesu na idukasãu di Aprendizis Kabuverdianu di Inglês.

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