Developing Native Language Literacy in Language Minority Adults. ERIC Digest.

Autor/in	Rivera, Klaudia M.
Institution	National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education, Washington, DC.; Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education for Limited-English-Proficient Adults, Washington, DC.
Titel	Developing Native Language Literacy in Language Minority Adults. ERIC Digest.
Quelle	(1990), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adults; English (Second Language); Literacy; Literacy Education; Models; Native Language Instruction; Program Descriptions; Second Language Learning; Skill Development; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Analogiemodell; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Adult education programs must increasingly serve non-native speakers of English, many of whom are neither literate in their native language nor in English. It is suggested that first language literacy promotes second language acquisition and that literacy skills in the native language are likely to transfer to the second language. This digest defines the central cognitive and psycholinguistic tenets inherent in the native language literacy approach and provides, social, cultural, and political justification for the approach. Instructional delivery models for initial literacy and other literacy program models are described. It is concluded that more research on the results of the different approaches to teaching English-as-a-Second-Language literacy skills is needed. Such research should consider not only the pedagogical and linguistic factors involved in the education of adults, but also the social and political implications of bilingualism and biliteracy with regard to equal opportunities and full participation in society. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education) (LET)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC