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Description

This volume contains the proceedings of the first conference in Canada on research into Ukrainian-language education. Eighteen articles examine the teaching of Ukrainian in partial-immersion classrooms in Canada, focusing on the Ukrainian-English classrooms in Edmonton. Chapters include:
Literary Ukrainian and Its Dialects

English Calques in Canadian Ukrainian

Ukrainian-Language Acquisition in the Immersion Classroom

Form-Classes (Parts-of-Speech) and Their Frequency in Canadian Children’s Ukrainian

Language and Canadian Multiculturalism

Measures of Ukrainian Classroom Verbal Processes and Products

Story Theatre and Ukrainian-Language Learning

Television: A Tool for Ukrainian-Language Acquisition

Evaluation of the Ukrainian Bilingual Programme in the Edmonton Catholic School District

The Teacher in Edmonton’s Ukrainian Bilingual Programme

Parental Expectations of the Ukrainian Bilingual Programme

Language Behaviour in the Ukrainian Home

The NOL Study: Implications for Ukrainian-Language Teaching

The Effects of Intermarriage on Bilingual Education Among Ukrainians in Canada

The Politics of Ukrainian Bilingual Education in Alberta

Cultural Content in the Ukrainian-Language Classroom

Future Directions for Ukrainian-Language Education

Contributors include Natalia Pylypiuk, Wsevolod Isajiw, Nicolae Pavliuc, Andrij Hornjatkevyc, Oksanna A. Wynnyckyj, Jim Cummins, Patricia Sembaliuk, Eugene Ewanyshyn, Anna Eliuk, Olga M. Kuplowska, Donald J. Dawson, Roman Chumak, and many others.