... write What can be done? 139them all down; so one dialect must be selected. What, then,happens to the others? Ironically, the very process of selection can be a factor leading to the loss of the ... proficiency in the indigenous language, ranging from reasonable fluency to semilin-gualism. Many of the students will be members of the ‘in-between’generation, who have learned the dominant language ... speak, as they learn to cope with the demands of the curricu-lum and come to use the language in school-mediated social occa-sions (such as religious or cultural gatherings). It gives them the opportunity...