Nikhat Shameem
Biographic Data
| ID | 1262610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikhat Shameem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikhat |
| FAMILY NAME | Shameem |
| SIGNATURE | SHAMEEM N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Language education needs for multilingualism in Fiji primary schools
Language Attitudes in Multilingual Primary Schools in Fiji
Fiji is a multilingual country in the South Pacific with English, Fijian and Hindi being the official languages. As is inevitable in multilingual societies, language use is functional with Fiji Hindi and Fijian being the mother tongues of the two main ethnic groups in the country, the Indo-Fijians and the Fijians. English, because of Fiji's colonial history, is a powerful language of choice as language of instruction in Fiji schools and as the la…
Multilingual Proficiency in Fiji Primary Schools
Multilingualism implies the use of two or more languages by a society, community, family, or individual to fulfil certain purposes. This study determined language proficiency among multilingual Indo-Fijian primary school children who have the languages, Fiji Hindi, Standard Hindi, Urdu, English, Fijian and Fiji English in their speech repertoire. Policy states that Fiji has a transitional education system with English replacing the mother tongue …
Classroom Language Use in a Multilingual Community--the Indo-Fijians in Fiji 1
This paper reports on language use patterns in eight primary schools in Fiji. It looks specifically at the schism between policy and practice in vernacular language use in the classroom for Indo-Fijians, who form nearly half of Fiji's population. Forty-eight Indo-Fijian children and their teachers were observed in multi- and mono-ethnic (Indo-Fijian) schools and in city, small town and rural schools. Indo-Fijians know Fiji Hindi as their mother t…
Validating self-reported language proficiency by testing performance in an immigrant community
The Wellington Indo-Fijians are recent immigrants to New Zealand, having arrived in the country after the 1987 Fiji military coups. A performance test was developed and implemented to validate self-reported first language proficiency of 35 teenagers in this immigrant community. The main drawback of self-report studies is the likelihood of gathering inaccurate data, particularly if the first language, like Fiji Hindi in this community, is preliter…
The Wellington Indo‐Fijians
The Indo‐Fijian community is a relatively recent immigrant group, settling in New Zealand in the years following the 1987 Fiji military coups. The Indo‐Fijians speak Fiji Hindi, a pre‐literate language that originated from plantation language contact in Fiji, during the indenture period 1879–1916. Immigration to New Zealand has put increasing pressure on Indo‐Fijians to acquire ‘native quality’ English speaking skills, in order to fit into the ne…
Multilingual Proficiency in Fiji Primary Schools
Multilingualism implies the use of two or more languages by a society, community, family, or individual to fulfil certain purposes. This study determined language proficiency among multilingual Indo-Fijian primary school children who have the languages, Fiji Hindi, Standard Hindi, Urdu, English, Fijian and Fiji English in their speech repertoire. Policy states that Fiji has a transitional education system with English replacing the mother tongue …
Language Attitudes in Multilingual Primary Schools in Fiji
Fiji is a multilingual country in the South Pacific with English, Fijian and Hindi being the official languages. As is inevitable in multilingual societies, language use is functional with Fiji Hindi and Fijian being the mother tongues of the two main ethnic groups in the country, the Indo-Fijians and the Fijians. English, because of Fiji's colonial history, is a powerful language of choice as language of instruction in Fiji schools and as the la…
The Wellington Indo‐Fijians
The Indo‐Fijian community is a relatively recent immigrant group, settling in New Zealand in the years following the 1987 Fiji military coups. The Indo‐Fijians speak Fiji Hindi, a pre‐literate language that originated from plantation language contact in Fiji, during the indenture period 1879–1916. Immigration to New Zealand has put increasing pressure on Indo‐Fijians to acquire ‘native quality’ English speaking skills, in order to fit into the ne…
Language education needs for multilingualism in Fiji primary schools
The Wellington Indo‐Fijians
The Indo‐Fijian community is a relatively recent immigrant group, settling in New Zealand in the years following the 1987 Fiji military coups. The Indo‐Fijians speak Fiji Hindi, a pre‐literate language that originated from plantation language contact in Fiji, during the indenture period 1879–1916. Immigration to New Zealand has put increasing pressure on Indo‐Fijians to acquire ‘native quality’ English speaking skills, in order to fit into the ne…
Validating self-reported language proficiency by testing performance in an immigrant community
The Wellington Indo-Fijians are recent immigrants to New Zealand, having arrived in the country after the 1987 Fiji military coups. A performance test was developed and implemented to validate self-reported first language proficiency of 35 teenagers in this immigrant community. The main drawback of self-report studies is the likelihood of gathering inaccurate data, particularly if the first language, like Fiji Hindi in this community, is preliter…
Multilingual Proficiency in Fiji Primary Schools
Multilingualism implies the use of two or more languages by a society, community, family, or individual to fulfil certain purposes. This study determined language proficiency among multilingual Indo-Fijian primary school children who have the languages, Fiji Hindi, Standard Hindi, Urdu, English, Fijian and Fiji English in their speech repertoire. Policy states that Fiji has a transitional education system with English replacing the mother tongue …
Classroom Language Use in a Multilingual Community--the Indo-Fijians in Fiji 1
This paper reports on language use patterns in eight primary schools in Fiji. It looks specifically at the schism between policy and practice in vernacular language use in the classroom for Indo-Fijians, who form nearly half of Fiji's population. Forty-eight Indo-Fijian children and their teachers were observed in multi- and mono-ethnic (Indo-Fijian) schools and in city, small town and rural schools. Indo-Fijians know Fiji Hindi as their mother t…
Language Attitudes in Multilingual Primary Schools in Fiji
Fiji is a multilingual country in the South Pacific with English, Fijian and Hindi being the official languages. As is inevitable in multilingual societies, language use is functional with Fiji Hindi and Fijian being the mother tongues of the two main ethnic groups in the country, the Indo-Fijians and the Fijians. English, because of Fiji's colonial history, is a powerful language of choice as language of instruction in Fiji schools and as the la…
Language education needs for multilingualism in Fiji primary schools
Hindi (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · First language (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works)