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the language into everyday school instruction. I am very happy to say we have taken steps towards doing so with the consideration of a program that explores the use of home language in the teaching process,” she stated.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem">She explained, “Presently under the early learner’s program which is a program to do with reading we are working on a language policy which considers the use of home language and for us in Dominica it includes the creole language. We are working in partnership with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Division Management Unit and examining what is happening in other creole speaking countries”</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem">Fontaine said very soon they are expected to pilot this program in at least one of Dominica schools where the community speaks a lot of creole.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem">She urged Dominicans to continue to allow the creole language to remain the country’s culture.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem">“The importance of the creole language cannot be understated. We definitely cannot allow it to die; it’s part of our culture and it’s going to remain our culture, ” the Chief Education Officer said. “And I think what is so important if we realize, is that in the days when I grew up, in certain homes, you could not speak Patois (Patwa)…you dared not do that but in some areas that’s what people were speaking; but…….because we have maintained and sustained the creole language, we find more and more people speaking it all over Dominica.”</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem">Other schools which participated in the competition which was held at Alliance Francais on May 15<span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline">th</span>, 2019 are the St. Luke’s Primary and Woodfrdhill Primary.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem">This is the sixth time that the Paix Bouche Primary School has won the Kwéyòl Spelling Bee Competition.</p><img class="gmail-size-large gmail-wp-image-225214" src="https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WhatsApp-Image-2019-05-16-at-10.53.56-AM-642x361.jpeg" alt="" width="640" height="360" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">Anjna (centre) flanked by 2nd place winner, Annelia Aaron (right) and Lily Barry (left) who placed 3rd</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>