Creolization of languages in the Caribbean has resulted in a present-day situation where different locations, traditionally assumed to be speaking the same language, now find themselves with significant current differences in language use. This poses several problems for educational practice where international acceptability is one of the goals. This paper identifies some problems relating to grammatical conventions, semantic shift, and the co-existence of creoles and their related standard languages in the teaching and learning of foreign languages.

The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (DCEU) is accompanied by a Multilingual Supplement in English, French and Spanish. The Supplement is a listing of approximately 30 pages of bilingual equivalents to Caribbean English items of flora and fauna. It represents organized preliminary work done towards providing an easily accessible standard reference for such equivalents for Caribbean foreign-language students both at the secondary and tertiary levels as well as for teachers and researchers in this area.