“... private law, from San Nicolas to Strasbourg, from personal to political.Essays are presented in Dutch, English or Papiamento – the languages of our Kingdom. is multilingual approach is deliberate: Aruba’s autonomy is not an endpoint. It’s a living conversation...”

“... (Holland), specializing in multilingualism in education. She has wor ked as a teacher trainer, curriculum developer and innovation project leader, contributing to language planning and the development of multilingual language programs. regine.croes@gmail.com...”

“... Education in English. With eighteen years of teaching experience at all levels of formal education, she is a member of the evaluation team working with the Skol Multilingual project in Aruba. pieranpr@hotmail.com Ilia Aixa Madra zo MA ( Puerto Rico ) is currently...”

“... also to the same branch of this family (Benue Efik, plus Kikongo, Kimbundu and all other Bantu languages. 3. Creolists tend to ignore both the multilingualism of enslaved Africans and their descendants as well as the genetic and typological similarities...”

“... assume as highly probable that it entered the Guianese Arawak lexicon via Spanish. PAGE 4 78 Although it is often difficult to assess the origin of a word in a multilingual society that is poorly historically documented, it is at least plausible that a...”

“..., after so many years of things moving so slowly on Aruba, that suddenly now everyone at all levels is in agreement and everyone is to introduce Papiamento as the language of instruction within a multilingual model of education? What happened? Wit hout...”

“... 261 obvious symbol is in the Creole language, whose genius consists in of multilingualism and into the incredible e Creole societies are not mythical utopian societies; in these societies, as in all societies, there exist conflicting identities; these...”

“... (2001, [2000]). At War with Diversity: US Language Policy in an Age of Anxiety Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. D e Andrade Coelho, Ruy G. (1995). Los Negros Caribes de Honduras Tegucigalpa: Editorial Guaymuras. Gonzalez, Nancie L. (1988). Sojourners of the...”

“... Papiamentu. Since I am a musician it was that element that first captured my ear and heart. Many have written about Papiamentu and Curaaoan culture; its kaleidoscopic identity and polysonic character. Against the backdrop of an impressively multilingual setting...”

“... identity in a that has been adapted to new media and the written code in order to dispel feelings of isolation. In this context variety is used intentionally, it is meant to Mahootian 2005). Multilingualism in St. Croix ; where Di it was felt that outsiders and...”

“... owards an evidence based Caribbean community of knowledge: 29 How the Aruban multilingual model may provide a solution Rgine Croes Gregory Richardson Merlynne Williams 3 Will Papiamentu survive on Bonaire? 41 Maxy Bak Piard 4 Language use, language attitudes...”

“... owards an evidence based Caribbean community of knowledge: 29 How the Aruban multilingual model may provide a solution Rgine Croes Gregory Richardson Merlynne Williams 3 Will Papiamentu survive on Bonaire? 41 Maxy Bak Piard 4 Language use, language attitudes...”

“... also published, along with a few multilingual dictionaries. Educational materials for t he children of slaves and emancipated slaves who received their religious instruction in Papiamentu were printed, as well as guides for learning how to read and spell in...”

“... (ERK) ................................ ................................ .................. 26 2.6.2. Is het ERK van betekenis voor het voortgezet onderwijs op Aruba? ................................ .. 27 2.7. Scol Arubano Multilingual (SAM...”

“... importance. W hy we do have to prove, that in the proposed multilingual primary school s the students will learn Dutch better than in the present Dutch only schools ? And why are we now introducing a very rigorous test in Dutch and mathemati cs in the sixth grade...”

“... Aruba in general. We are now already doing research on the Multilingual S chool pilot project and a number of other research projects to be able to gather information for improvement and innovatio n in education on the island For most of its existence IPA has...”