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Wise, Mary Ruth – Community Develop J, 1969
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Indigenous Personnel, Literacy Education, Official Languages
Wise, Mary Ruth – Literacy Discussion, 1971
In the Amazonian jungle of Peru 240 Indian leaders representing 20 different South American Indian language groups are successfully teaching their own people to read and write, first in their mother tongue and then in Spanish. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Developing Nations, Dialects, Literacy Education
Download full textPaulston, Christina Bratt – 1969
The Summer Institute of Linguistics runs several bilingual schools in the Andean and Amazonian regions of Peru. These are the only public bilingual schools in the country serving the Indian population, a majority of whom do not speak Spanish as their first language. Although public education is now available to some 80 percent of all children, the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools
Larson, Mildred L., Ed.; Davis, Patricia M., Ed. – 1981
This book reports on an experimental bilingual education program conducted in Peru by Peruvian educators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) linguists. Sections of the book discuss: (1) the historical perspective of the program; (2) program aspects such as teacher training, goals, and curriculum; (3) what this program may contribute to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools
