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Caribbean English and theLiteracy TutorA Manual

by Alfred Jean-BaptisteA tutor's kit consisting of a manual and

audio-cassette for tutors working with adult

learners of Caribbean Creole heritage. As

well as giving historical and socio-cultural

information on the Caribbean, the kit

provides tutors with a framework for looking

at language in non-judgmental ways and for

viewing language as a reflection of culture

and history. It is hoped that the content will

dispel some of the negative myths about

varieties of English.

Price: $25.00Publisher: Toronto ALFA CentreISBN: 0-9694975-4-7Year of Publication: 1995Place of Publication: Toronto, CanadaLength/Size: book 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, portrait.Tape 30 minutes.Format: paperback book & audio-cassette tapePeppercorn Title #: 720-0002

Caribbean Food: Makin' de RoundsTeaching Materials for Use with Students in Adult Basic Education

by Penny Weaver, Kate Pahl & othersThe material in this book covers a wide range of issues

concerning food starting from a Caribbean perspective and

broadening out to include the foods and customs of other people

around the world. The book provides an excellent example of

how to build a curriculum covering a range of skills and

subjects, based on the students' experience, perspectives and

concerns, using one everyday topic as a starting point.

Price: $11.00Publisher: London Language & Literacy Unit

ISBN: 1-872972-01-2Year of Publication: 1992Place of Publication: London, UK

Length/Size: 64 pages, A4, portraitFormat: spiral-boundPeppercorn Title #: 930-0006

sample page from

Sonia Hughes’ book

Weeding Cane (see page 3)

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Not a Bed of RoseStories from St. Vincent & the

Grenadines & Canada

by ALFA studentsThis book is the result of an exchange

between literacy programs in Canada and in

St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In the

book, adults write about life in the Caribbean

and life in Canada. Their stories describe

hopes, dreams, and harsh realities. This

book will serve as good reading material for

intermediate level readers.

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Toronto ALFA CentreISBN: 0-9694975-2-0Year of Publication: 1992Place of Publication: Toronto, Canada

Length/Size: 103 pages, 6.75 x 9.5 inches, portraitPeppercorn Title #: 720-0000

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Biographies

Black Leaders in the Freedom Struggle

SeriesA series of illustrated, advanced level

readers by Marie Stuart, the Black Leaders

in the Freedom Struggle. Two are

biographies of remarkable people from the

Caribbean.

Price: $7.00 eachPublisher: Central Bristol Adult Continuing EducationPlace of Publication: Bristol, UKSize: A5, portrait

Toussaint L'OuvertureThe first successful slave uprising in history

took place in the French part of the

Caribbean island of Haiti. The revolt would

have been savagely revenged by the French

army, but for a powerful organizer called

Toussaint L'Ouverture, who stepped in when

all might have been lost. He cleverly

outmanoeuvred the army, and rebuilt the

country's economy. This book tells the story

of that remarkable man. Illustrated.

ISBN: 1-873115-06-7Year of Publication: 1993Length: 25 pagesPeppercorn Title #: 910-0005

Mary SeacoleMary Seacole was born of mixed race

parentage in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805.

Her father was an army officer and Mary

learned her nursing skills from her mother

who nursed the soldiers and their wives.

She gained much experience in dealing with

the diseases of the day, which proved

important when she set up base in the

Crimeas and tended to the needs of those

wounded in the war.

ISBN: 1-873115-05-9Year of Publication: 1990Length: 28 pagesPeppercorn Title #: 910-0007

From Jamaican Creole ToStandard EnglishA Handbook for Teachers

by Velma Pollard“For over a decade, this helpful teachers’

guidebook has been widely used in Jamaican

schools and in metropolitan schools with

Jamaican students. The book Indicates the

ways in which Jamaican Creole differs from

Standard Jamaican English. For easy

reference, the book is organized in to four

sections:

1) Words that sound alike but mean different

things in the two languages;

2) Words that are different but mean the

same things;

3) Grammatical structures that are different

but convey the same information; and

4) Idiomatic speach or writing

Price: $18.00Publisher: University of the West IndiesISBN: 976-640-148-9Year of Publication: 2003Place of Publication: Kingston, JamaicaLength/Size: 69 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, portraitPeppercorn Title #: 790-0003

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POWAR

POWAR (Parents Orators Writers Artists

Readers) is a UK family learning project with

women of African descent. POWAR

generated four books, published by

Gatehouse Books. They include a beginner

and intermediate reader and two anthologies

that were generated out of discussions in a

parent group.

Learn to Listen, Then You Won'tFeelby Paulette MartinWhile Mom is away shopping and Dad is in

the garden, Kim, Nathan and Hannah try to

entertain themselves. Sadly the lure of the

cookie jar is too strong to resist. This story

is written for children and adults.

Price: $7.50Publisher: GatehouseISBN: 0-906253-96-9Year of Publication: 2001Place of Publication: Manchester, UKLength/Size: 38 pages, A5, portraitLevel: beginnerPeppercorn Title #: 940-0064

Weeding Caneby Sonia Hughes"A fascinating story told in Caribbean

dialect which tells the flip side of the

1950's Caribbean emigration story.

Joy is left in the Caribbean when her

mother migrates to

Britain. Years later,

Joy joins her mother

and her new family."

Love and loss are the

themes. Separation

and awkward reunions

are played out against

a background of

linguistic, cultural and

climatic differences.

Economic necessity

sometimes forces a mother to do what

breaks hearts.

Price: $7.95Publisher: Gatehouse

ISBN: 0-906253-87-XYear of Publication: 2001Place of Publication: Manchester, UKLength/Size: 30 pages, A5, portraitLevel: intermediate

Peppercorn Title #: 940-0065Audio-cassette #: 940-0069

Our SayParents Rapping about Life,

Parenthood and their Children

by Leroy Williamson, ed.One of two mixed-level anthologies. Topics

include: Who Am I?; Our Children, The

Future; I'm a Storyteller.

Price: $11.50Publisher: Gatehouse

ISBN: 0-906253-86-1Year of Publication: 2001Place of Publication: Manchester, UK

Length/Size: 84 pages, A5, portraitLevel: mixedPeppercorn Title #: 940-0067

The Power From WithinParents Rapping about Life,

Parenthood and their Children

by Leroy Williamson, ed.One of two mixed-level anthologies. Topics

include: Freedom & Security, History &

Identity, and Respect.

Price: $11.50Publisher: GatehouseISBN: 0-906253-91-8Year of Publication: 2001Place of Publication: Manchester, UKLength/Size: 76 pages, A5, portraitLevel: mixedPeppercorn Title #: 940-0066

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Dictionaries

Dictionary of CaribbeanEnglish Usageby Richard AllsoppThe Dictonary of Caribbean English Usage

is the first attempt for over four hundred

years to provide an authentic record of

current English from teh Caribbean

archipelago, Guyanan, and Belize.

Drawing its data from a broad range of

enquiry through teacher workships in 22

territories in 18 states, from speech

recordings and over 1,000 written sources of

Caribbean literature, reference works,

magazines, pamphlets, and newspapers, the

Dictionary surveys a range of over 20,000

words and phrases and includes hundreds of

illustrative citiations.

With a specially designed system of

labelling, the Dictionary offers maximum

levels of clarity and accessibility. Providing

four levels of identification from Creole to

Formal, and with labels to denote social or

grammatical register, it also gives particular

focus to Indic and French Creole loan-words.

Etymological and Usage notes are included,

as well as a short supplement listing

Caribbean French and Spanish equivalents

to Caribbean English items selected from the

main work.

Covering as it does a large number of

independent and non-contiguous states, the

Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage is not

only an instrument of education wherever

Caribbean people live in the world, but also a

unique contribution to international

lexicography and the record of World

English.

Price: $30.00Publisher: University of the West IndiesISBN: 976-640-145-4Year of Publication: 1996Place of Publication: Kingston JamaicaFormat: paperbackLength/Size: 697 pages, 6 x 9 inches, portraitPeppercorn Title #: 790-0001

Dictionary of Jamaican Englishby F.G. Cassidy & R.B. LePage“Originally published by Cambridge

University Pres in 1967 and then revised as a

second edition in 1980, this classic study

has never before been available in a

paperback edition. The method and plan of

the dictionary are basically those of the

Oxford English Dictionary, but oral sources

have been extensively tapped in addition to

detailed coverage of literature published in or

about Jamaica since 1655.

The Dictionary is a mine of information about

the Caribbean and its dialects, about the

history of English and its dialects, and about

Creole languages and general linguistic

processes.

Entries give the pronunciation, part-of-

speech and usage labels, spelling variants,

etymologies and dated citations, as well as

definitions. Systematic indexing indicates

the extent to which the lexis is shared with

other Caribbean countries: Suriname,

Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Nicaragua, and

Belize.”

Price: $30.00Publisher: University of the West IndiesISBN: 976-640-127-6

Year of Publication: 2002Place of Publication: Kingston, JamaicaFormat: paperbackLength/Size: 509 pages, 6 x 9 inches, portraitPeppercorn Title #: 790-0002