A Proposed Investigation of Preschool Biliteracy.

Autor/in	Andersson, Theodore
Titel	A Proposed Investigation of Preschool Biliteracy.
Quelle	(1975), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Bilingual Students; Community Attitudes; Early Reading; English (Second Language); Mexican Americans; Minority Group Children; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Reading Instruction; Sociolinguistics; Spanish; Spanish Speaking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Frühlesen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hispanoamerikaner; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Leseunterricht; Soziolinguistik; Spanisch
Abstract	Bilingual schooling in the U.S. is meant to equalize educational opportunity for children of limited English-speaking ability. Despite the proliferation of bilingual programs in many parts of the country, only very modest progress is being made toward the goal of equal educational achievement. We are coming to realize that limited English-speaking children with a 5- to 6-year handicap in English can only very exceptionally catch up. Only if a greater, not just an equal, opportunity is provided, can these children be expected to compete successfully with their English-speaking schoolmates. There are two prerequisites: (1) that limited English-speaking children be given an early start in learning to read, first in their home language and then in English, and (2) that the community accord non-English home languages the same respect as English. The second, involving profound social changes, will take time. Even the first will require years of experimentation. This paper sketches the preliminary steps of a long-term project to test the hypothesis that limited English-speaking children (how many will have to be determined) can learn to read their home language between ages 1 1/2 and 3 and English between 3 and 5. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01