Kubota

I thoroughly enjoyed today's presentations, in particular the one about Kubota. Nawwaf presented some interesting discussion questions, one of which made me think critically about my personal life.

Nawwaaf posed a question about whether or not we should implement activities to raise awareness about WE at an earlier age, such as elementary school. The class seemed to agree that yes, it would be a good idea. However, I am curious how it would play out in terms of explicit or implicit learning.

For example, my daughter (age 3) is currently in a school where most of her classmates (perhaps 50%) are Dutch. The language of instruction in the school is English - the curriculum is British, and her teacher is Jamaican. We live in Qatar, where the local languages are Arabic and English. As far as I know, there is no explicit instruction about World Englishes in her class, but it is incredibly pervasive as all these international children work together in the same classroom. I am curious to see how this plays out in the coming year(s) and how this might present a response to Kubota's research.