Breaking down the language barriers.(News) From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: May 30, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Campbell Docherty Social Affairs Reporter

The education system has to accept Jamaican Creole as a vibrant and valid language and not merely 'broken English' if black British children are to achieve success, a Birmingham conference heard yesterday.

Prof Gus John, an education consultant and Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Strathclyde, said it was time to end 'the patterns of marginalisation' visited upon the AfroCaribbean community...

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