Flore Zéphir
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 128247 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Flore Zéphir |
| PRENOMES | Flore |
| SOBRENOME | Zéphir |
| ASSINATURA | ZÉPHIR F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Missouri |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
La Parole indomptée/Pawòl an mawonnaj. Memwa baboukèt/Mémoire de la muselière by Tontongi
Reviewed by: La Parole indomptée/Pawòl an mawonnaj. Memwa baboukèt/Mémoire de la muselière by Tontongi Flore Zéphir La Parole indomptée/Pawòl an mawonnaj. Memwa baboukèt/Mémoire de la muselière. By Tontongi. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2015. ISBN 978-2-343-05393-6. 276 pp. €28. From the very beginning, the title of this collection of essays, which translates to English as “the untamed or unmuted word,” informs the reader that the author will speak straig…
Caribbean crossing
Sarah Fanning's well-researched book, Caribbean Crossing, highlights the relationships between Haitian leaders after Haiti's independence and the free Black population of the USA in the 1820s. On t
Challenges and opportunities for Haitian Creole in the educational system of post-earthquake Haiti
A critical question that has recently surfaced in the discourse of reconstruction in Haiti is the role that the education system will have to play in creating new generations of educated citizens for a new post-earthquake Haitian society. Central to discussions about the educational system is the "thorny" language question. Should the language of instruction in the school system continue to be French or should it be Haitian Creole? The present re…
Dany Laferrière and Michaëlle Jean
Dany Laferrière and Michaëlle Jean:Two Haitian Diasporic Players on the World Stage Flore Zéphir On December 12, 2013, the Francophone world heard that Haitian Canadian writer Dany Laferrière was elected to be a member of the prestigious Académie française. The news of this lifetime appointment of historic significance immediately spread like wildfire on the Internet. Haitians in Haiti and from every corner of the diaspora were forwarding email a…
Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith
Based on meticulous ethnographic research, Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith: Haitian Religion in Miami depicts Haitian religious life in Miami and South Florida, home to one of the largest and most diverse Haitian communities in the United States. Given the primordial role that religion has always occupied in Haitians' lives since colonial times to the present day, Rey and Stepick endeavor to provide an in-depth study of the religious fai…
Haiti Rising
Martin Munro (ed.), HAITI RISING: HAITIAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND THE EARTHQUAKE OF 2010, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2010, vi + 200 pp., €16.95 (paper) In Haiti Rising: Haitian History, C
The French language and questions of identity
The French language and questions of identity, edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Mari C. Jones, Oxford, Legenda, 2007, x + 244 pp., £48 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-904350-68-2 In The French language and
The Haitian Americans
Haitians have had a presence in this country since its founding, but the largest group of immigrants came to the United States in the 1990s, fleeing political unrest and economic misery. Haiti and its and so-called boat people have been in the headlines for decades, and this reference firmly puts reasons for legal and illegal immigration into historical perspective. Students and other readers will learn about Haiti's history, economy, and culture…
The Haitian Americans
This is the most thorough, up-to-date reference on Haitian Americans today. The author, a Haitian immigrant, has conducted fieldwork in various cities that have large Haitian American populations. The obstacles faced and achievements made demonstrate how they contribute to American society. Numerous biographical profiles of noted Haitian Americans and photos accompany the text."--BOOK JACKET
Caribbean Waves
Book Review| October 01 2001 Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall, Heather Hathaway. Flore Zéphir Flore Zéphir Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2001) 21 (1): 138–140. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502793 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Flore Z…
Ethnic Studies and Foreign Language Teacher Education in the United States
The following article looks at current changes in US immigration patterns, resulting in a constant influx of non-white populations, and demonstrates how these changes have drastically altered the nature of American society and school populations, in particular. It also contends that the newest immigrants do not see assimilation as a viable model, but rather, they advocate cultural pluralism. Based on immigration shifts, the article goes on to arg…
Focus on Form and Meaning
This article argues against a unidirectional model of foreign language learning whereby only theories and hypotheses generated from second language acquisition (SLA) research influence language teaching and classroom practices. To the contrary, research generated from classroom settings should help shape classroom practices and SLA theories. To further the debate, the perspectives of practitioners who ‐ unlike theoreticians ‐ assume the bulk of l…
Challenges for Multicultural Education
(1999). Challenges for Multicultural Education: Sociolinguistic Parallels Between African American English and Haitian Creole. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 134-154
Haitian Immigrants in Black America
Haitian Creole Language and Bilingual Education in the United States
This article looks specifically at the issue of a meaningful education for Creole-speaking students, particularly the Haitians, in the context of US bilingual programmes. In particular,it addresses the centralquestion of how the home language,thatis the Creole language, is used in the school system and what value is attached to it in an attempt to provide this particular group of students with effective instruction. Are the needs of Creole-speaki…
Haitian Immigrants in Black America
A rich and deep account of the dynamics and nature of identity formation for this Black immigrant community
Haitian immigrants in Black America
Haiti Rising
Martin Munro (ed.), HAITI RISING: HAITIAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND THE EARTHQUAKE OF 2010, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2010, vi + 200 pp., €16.95 (paper) In Haiti Rising: Haitian History, C
Focus on Form and Meaning
This article argues against a unidirectional model of foreign language learning whereby only theories and hypotheses generated from second language acquisition (SLA) research influence language teaching and classroom practices. To the contrary, research generated from classroom settings should help shape classroom practices and SLA theories. To further the debate, the perspectives of practitioners who ‐ unlike theoreticians ‐ assume the bulk of l…
Haitian Creole Language and Bilingual Education in the United States
This article looks specifically at the issue of a meaningful education for Creole-speaking students, particularly the Haitians, in the context of US bilingual programmes. In particular,it addresses the centralquestion of how the home language,thatis the Creole language, is used in the school system and what value is attached to it in an attempt to provide this particular group of students with effective instruction. Are the needs of Creole-speaki…
Challenges and opportunities for Haitian Creole in the educational system of post-earthquake Haiti
A critical question that has recently surfaced in the discourse of reconstruction in Haiti is the role that the education system will have to play in creating new generations of educated citizens for a new post-earthquake Haitian society. Central to discussions about the educational system is the "thorny" language question. Should the language of instruction in the school system continue to be French or should it be Haitian Creole? The present re…
Haitian Immigrants in Black America
A rich and deep account of the dynamics and nature of identity formation for this Black immigrant community
Haitian immigrants in Black America
Haitian Immigrants in Black America
Haitian Creole Language and Bilingual Education in the United States
This article looks specifically at the issue of a meaningful education for Creole-speaking students, particularly the Haitians, in the context of US bilingual programmes. In particular,it addresses the centralquestion of how the home language,thatis the Creole language, is used in the school system and what value is attached to it in an attempt to provide this particular group of students with effective instruction. Are the needs of Creole-speaki…
Challenges for Multicultural Education
(1999). Challenges for Multicultural Education: Sociolinguistic Parallels Between African American English and Haitian Creole. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 134-154
Ethnic Studies and Foreign Language Teacher Education in the United States
The following article looks at current changes in US immigration patterns, resulting in a constant influx of non-white populations, and demonstrates how these changes have drastically altered the nature of American society and school populations, in particular. It also contends that the newest immigrants do not see assimilation as a viable model, but rather, they advocate cultural pluralism. Based on immigration shifts, the article goes on to arg…
Focus on Form and Meaning
This article argues against a unidirectional model of foreign language learning whereby only theories and hypotheses generated from second language acquisition (SLA) research influence language teaching and classroom practices. To the contrary, research generated from classroom settings should help shape classroom practices and SLA theories. To further the debate, the perspectives of practitioners who ‐ unlike theoreticians ‐ assume the bulk of l…
Caribbean Waves
Book Review| October 01 2001 Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall Caribbean Waves: Relocating Claude McKay and Paule Marshall, Heather Hathaway. Flore Zéphir Flore Zéphir Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2001) 21 (1): 138–140. https://doi.org/10.2307/27502793 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Flore Z…
The Haitian Americans
Haitians have had a presence in this country since its founding, but the largest group of immigrants came to the United States in the 1990s, fleeing political unrest and economic misery. Haiti and its and so-called boat people have been in the headlines for decades, and this reference firmly puts reasons for legal and illegal immigration into historical perspective. Students and other readers will learn about Haiti's history, economy, and culture…
The Haitian Americans
This is the most thorough, up-to-date reference on Haitian Americans today. The author, a Haitian immigrant, has conducted fieldwork in various cities that have large Haitian American populations. The obstacles faced and achievements made demonstrate how they contribute to American society. Numerous biographical profiles of noted Haitian Americans and photos accompany the text."--BOOK JACKET
The French language and questions of identity
The French language and questions of identity, edited by Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Mari C. Jones, Oxford, Legenda, 2007, x + 244 pp., £48 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-904350-68-2 In The French language and
Haiti Rising
Martin Munro (ed.), HAITI RISING: HAITIAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND THE EARTHQUAKE OF 2010, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2010, vi + 200 pp., €16.95 (paper) In Haiti Rising: Haitian History, C
Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith
Based on meticulous ethnographic research, Crossing the Water and Keeping the Faith: Haitian Religion in Miami depicts Haitian religious life in Miami and South Florida, home to one of the largest and most diverse Haitian communities in the United States. Given the primordial role that religion has always occupied in Haitians' lives since colonial times to the present day, Rey and Stepick endeavor to provide an in-depth study of the religious fai…
Challenges and opportunities for Haitian Creole in the educational system of post-earthquake Haiti
A critical question that has recently surfaced in the discourse of reconstruction in Haiti is the role that the education system will have to play in creating new generations of educated citizens for a new post-earthquake Haitian society. Central to discussions about the educational system is the "thorny" language question. Should the language of instruction in the school system continue to be French or should it be Haitian Creole? The present re…
Dany Laferrière and Michaëlle Jean
Dany Laferrière and Michaëlle Jean:Two Haitian Diasporic Players on the World Stage Flore Zéphir On December 12, 2013, the Francophone world heard that Haitian Canadian writer Dany Laferrière was elected to be a member of the prestigious Académie française. The news of this lifetime appointment of historic significance immediately spread like wildfire on the Internet. Haitians in Haiti and from every corner of the diaspora were forwarding email a…
La Parole indomptée/Pawòl an mawonnaj. Memwa baboukèt/Mémoire de la muselière by Tontongi
Reviewed by: La Parole indomptée/Pawòl an mawonnaj. Memwa baboukèt/Mémoire de la muselière by Tontongi Flore Zéphir La Parole indomptée/Pawòl an mawonnaj. Memwa baboukèt/Mémoire de la muselière. By Tontongi. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2015. ISBN 978-2-343-05393-6. 276 pp. €28. From the very beginning, the title of this collection of essays, which translates to English as “the untamed or unmuted word,” informs the reader that the author will speak straig…
Caribbean crossing
Sarah Fanning's well-researched book, Caribbean Crossing, highlights the relationships between Haitian leaders after Haiti's independence and the free Black population of the USA in the 1820s. On t
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