Dr. EllenPetra Kester

Universitair hoofddocent
Spaans
Language structure: variation and change
030 253 6418
p.m.kester@uu.nl

Publicaties

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E., & van den Berg, M. (2023). Language policies in language contact situations. In N. Corver, & H. Hoeken (Eds.), Language and institutions. THINK paper #6 (pp. 20-23). Institute for Language Sciences, Utrecht University. https://www.uu.nl/sites/default/files/IOS%20Think%20Paper%206.pdf
Faraclas, N., Kester, E., & Mijts, E. (2023). We can do better than "chambuká": Toward inclusive, multilingual language policy and practice. Paper presented at Conference of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Groningen, Netherlands.
Kester, E., & Buijink, S. (2023). Language use, language attitudes, and identity in Aruba: Is Aruban Papiamento under threat? Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 38(2), 389-430 . https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jpcl.22010.kes

2022

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Faraclas, N., Kester, E., & Mijts, E. (2022). We can do better than 'chambuká'. Toward inclusive multilingual language policy and practice in Bonaire. . University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras/Utrecht University/ University of Aruba.
Kester, E. (2022). Language use and attitudes toward Spanish and Papiamentu in Curacao.. Paper presented at Third International Symposium on Language Attitudes toward Spanish, Portuguese and Related Languages., Corpus Christi, Texas, United States.
Faraclas, N., Kester, E., & Mijts, E. (2022). We can do better than 'chambuká'. Toward inclusive multilingual language policy and practice in Bonaire. . In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, E. Echteld, & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Caribbean Convivialities and Carribean Sciences. : Inclusive approaches to the study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Dutch Caribbean and beyond. (pp. 13-45). University of Curacao & University of Puerto Rico.
Kester, E., & Buijink, S. (2022). Language use, language attitudes and identity on Bonaire. Journal of Postcolonial Linguistics, 6, 38-68. https://iacpl.net/jopol/issues/jopol6/language-use-language-attitudes-and-identity/
Kester, E., Mijts, E., & Faraclas, N. (2022). Naar taalvriendelijke scholen. Talenbeleidsontwikkelingen in de meertalige samenleving van Sint Eustatius. In J. Duarte, M. Günther, F. De Backer, C. Frijns, & B. Gezelle Meerburg (Eds.), Talenbewust lesgeven.: Aan de slag met talige diversiteit in het basisonderwijs. (pp. 245-259). Coutinho.

Vakpublicaties

Kester, E. (2022). Language-friendly schools in the Caribbean. The context.. Paper presented at First language-friendly school conference., Breda, Netherlands.

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E., & George, B. (2021). Language use and attitudes toward Papiamentu among Latinx immigrants in Curaçao. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, E. Echteld, W. Rutgers, & S. Delgado (Eds.), Masking as Quintessential Authenticity: Healing, Intersectionality and Interstices in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Dutch Caribbean and Beyond. University of Curacao.

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mijts, E., Kester, P. M., & Faraclas, N. (2020). Challenges for inclusive education through home languages in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Challenging colonial and neo-colonial beliefs about the role of languages in education. . In J. Jules, & K. Belgrave (Eds.), Transformative pedagogical perspectives on home language use in classrooms. (pp. 172-186). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4075-6.ch009
Kester, P. M., & Romero Ojeda, K. (2020). Language use and attitudes toward Spanish in Curacao. In Navigating Crosscurrents: : Trans-linguality, Trans-culturality and Trans-identification in the Dutch Caribbean and beyond. (pp. 13-28). University of Curacao.
Kester, P. M. (2020). Language use, language attitudes and identity in Curacao. In T. Bugel, & C. Montes-Alcalá (Eds.), New Approaches to Language Attitudes in the Hispanic and Lusophone World. (pp. 155-181). Benjamins.

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., & Mijts, E. (2019). Challenges for inclusive education through home languages in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.. Paper presented at Another brick in the wall: rethinking education. , Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Kester, P. M., & Buijink, J. S. (2019). Language ideologies in the Dutch Caribbean: Language use, language attitudes and identity in Aruba. . Paper presented at Symposium on Analyzing Ideologies, Attitudes and Power in Language Contact Settings. , Stockholm, Sweden.
Kester, P. M., & Buijink, J. S. (2019). Language use and language attitudes in Aruba. Paper presented at Second International Symposium on Language Attitudes toward Portuguese, Spanish and Related Languages., Amherst, United States.
Kester, P. M., & Buijink, J. S. (2019). Language use and language attitudes in Aruba. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Circle 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Kester, P. M. (2019). Papiamento below sea level: heritage speakers in the Netherlands . Paper presented at Heritage Linguistics, Leiden, Netherlands.
Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., & Mijts, E. (2019). Community Based Research in Language Policy and Planning. The Language of Instruction in Education in Sint Eustatius. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23223-8
Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., & Mijts, E. (Accepted/In press). Community based research in language policy and planning. Case study: the language of instruction in education in Statia (St. Eustatius). Springer.

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, P. M., & Timp, A. (2018). Language attitudes among students in Bonaire.. Paper presented at 21th Annual Eastern Caribbean Islands Cultures Conference., Oranjestad, Aruba.
Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., & Mijts, E. (2018). Community based research in language planning and policy: issues, guiding principles, methodology and case studies. Paper presented at 20th Annual Eastern Caribbean Islands Cultures Conference., Willemstad, Curaçao.
Kester, P. M. (Author), Faraclas, N. (Author), & Mijts, E. (Author). (2018). Multilingualism and education in the Caribbean Netherlands: a community based approach to a sustainable language education policy. The case study of St. Eustatius. Web publication/site, Boom uitgevers. https://www.nt2.nl/documenten/meertaligheid_en_onderwijs/kambel_meertaligheid_binnenwerk_eng_h5.pdf
Kester, P. M., & Timp, A. (2018). Language attitudes among students in Bonaire. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Dissolving Disciplines: Tidal shifts in the study of the languages, literatures and cultures in the Dutch Caribbean and beyond. (pp. 39-58). University of Curacao & University of Puerto Rico.

Vakpublicaties

Kambel, E.-R. (Author), Kester, P. M. (Author), Le Pichon-Vorstman, E. (Author), & Schmeitz, M. (Author). (2018). Omgaan met diversiteit en meertaligheid in het basisonderwijs. Expertisebevordering van de lerarenopleiding.. Web publication/site, Christelijk Pedagogisch Instituut/Utrecht University/Rutu Foudation. https://www.rutufoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Omgaan-met-diversiteit-in-het-basisonderwijs_4-modules.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/374093/kambel.pdf?sequence=1

Populariserende publicaties

Kester, P. M. (2018, Jul 18). Meertaligheid en toetsing.

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., & Mijts, E. (2017). Language Planning and Policy from the bottom-up: Community-based initiatives in Indigenous and African descended communities in small island states. . In Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning.
Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., Mijts, E., Ruiz, S., & Simo, J. (2017). Mother tongue literacy in the Caribbean, Latin America and the South Pacific: Community-based approaches that promote the survival of endangered languages. In N. Ostler, & P. Mohanty (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages. (pp. 170-175). Foundation of Endangered Languages.
Kester, P. M., Buijink, J. S., Fun, J., & Hortencia, T. E. (2017). Language use, language attitudes and identity among Aruban and Curacaoan students in the Netherlands. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, W. Rutgers, & R. Dupey (Eds.), Archeologies of Erasures and Silences: Recovering othered languages, literatures and cultures in the Dutch Caribbean and beyond (pp. 13-29). University of Curacao & University of Puerto Rico.

Vakpublicaties

Kester, P. M., Mijts, E., & Faraclas, N. (2017). Meertaligheid en onderwijs in Caribisch Nederland: Community-based onderzoek gericht op een duurzaam taalonderwijsbeleid op St. Eustatius. In O. Agirdag, & E.-R. Kambel (Eds.), Meertaligheid en onderwijs: Nederlands plus (pp. 107-123). Boom uitgevers.

Overige resultaten

Kester, P. M., Faraclas, N., & Mijts, E. (2017, Apr 5). Community Based Research in Language Planning and Policy: Case study: The language of instruction in education in Sint Eustatius. Springer.
Kester, P. M. (2017, Feb 8). Taalgebruik en taalattitudes op Curacao.

2016

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, P. M., & Rodríguez Lorenzo, A. M. (2016). Language and identity in San Nicolas and attitudes toward San Nicolas English. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, W. Rutgers, & R. Dupey (Eds.), Embracing Multiple Identities: Opting out of neocolonial monolingualism, monoculturism and mono-identification in the Dutch Caribbean. (pp. 27-46). University of Curacao & University of Puerto Rico.

2015

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, P. M., & Hortencia, T. E. (2015). Yu di Kòrsou na kontakto ku makamba: Essays about Dutch residents written by Curacaoan students from 'mixed' high schools. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Envisioning the greater Dutch Caribbean: Transgressing geographical and disciplinary boundaries. (pp. 323-348). FPI & UoC/RPR.
Kester, P. M., & van der Linde, R. (2015). Attitudes toward Dutch among high school students in Aruba. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Envisioning the greater Dutch Caribbean: Transgressing geographical and disciplinary boundaries (pp. 13-33). FPI & UoC/RPR.

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Mijts, E., Kester, E., Lozano-Cosme, J., & Faraclas, N. (2014). Applied linguistics in St. Eustatius: how can linguists contribute constructively to debates concerning the languages of instruction in Caribbean schools? In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Creole Connections: Transgressing Neocolonial Boundaries in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the ABC Islands and the Rest of the Dutch Caribbean (pp. 173-194). FPI & UoC/RPR.
Schmitt, C., & Kester, E. (2014). Predicate nominals in Papiamentu: a comparison with Brazilian Portuguese and other languages. In A. Aguilar-Guevara, B. Le Bruyn, & J. Zwarts (Eds.), Weak Referentiality (pp. 129-156). (Linguistik Aktuell; Vol. 219). Benjamins.

2013

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E.-P., & Hortencia, T. (2013). Essays about Dutch residents written by Curacaoan high school students. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, E. Echteld, & W. Rutgers (Eds.), Researching the rhizome: studies of transcultural language, literature, learning and life on the ABC islands and beyond. (pp. 31-49). FPI & UoC/RPR.

Vakpublicaties

Faraclas, N., Kester, E.-P., & Mijts, E. (2013). Report of the 2013 research group on language of instruction in Sint Eustatius. Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen/Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland.

2012

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E.-P., & Hortencia, T. (2012). Stereotypes with respect to specific groups of Dutch residents among Curacaoan high school students. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, & E. Echteld (Eds.), Multiplex Cultures and Citizenships. Multiple Perspectives on Language, Literature, Education and Society in the ABC-islands and Beyond. (pp. 417--430). Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma.
Kester, E.-P., & Fun, J. (2012). Language use, language attitudes and identity among Aruban students in the Netherlands. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, & E. Echteld (Eds.), Multiplex Cultures and Citizenships. Multicultural Perspectives on Language, Literature, Education and Society in the ABC-islands and Beyond. (pp. 231-247). Fundashon di Planifikashon di Iidioma.

2011

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E.-P. (2011). Language use, language attitudes and identity among Curacaoan high school students. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, & L. Echteld (Eds.), Continuity, Divergence and Convergence in Language, Culture and Society on the ABC-islands. (pp. 25-38). Fundashon di Planifikashon di Idioma.
Kester, E.-P., & Hortencia, T. (2011). Makamba na Kòrsou: stereotypes among Curacaoan high school students with respect to Dutch residents on the island. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, & L. Echteld (Eds.), Continuity, Divergence and Convergence in Language, Culture and Society on the ABC-islands. (pp. 235-247). Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma.

2010

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E.-P., & Hortencia, T. (2010). Language use, language attitudes and identity among Curacaoan students in the Netherlands. In N. Faraclas, R. Severing, C. Weijer, & E. Echteld (Eds.), Crossing shifting boundaries. Language and changing political status in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. (pp. 49-66). Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma.

2007

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kester, E.-P., & Schmitt, C. (2007). Paiamentu and Brazilian Portuguese: A comparative study of bare nominals. In M. Babtista, & J. Guéron (Eds.), Noun Phrases in Creole languages. A multi-faceted approach (pp. 107-144). Benjamins.