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Peer reviewedHornberger, Nancy H. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1991
Literacy in South America must be understood in terms of the linguistic diversity there, where only 2 of 14 nations and territories are monolingual. Oral traditions, standardization of indigenous languages, nonstandard varieties of colonial languages, bilingual education and mother tongue literacy, literacy teaching, and politics are discussed.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
