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Peer reviewedCziko, Gary A. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1982
Presents the results of the first impact evaluation of the Local Language Literacy Project in the Southern Sudan, conducted in late 1980. (EKN)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Role
Download full textParker, Douglas V. – 1975
Any decisions regarding the language of instruction will have long-term effects on the child's life both during and after his school years. Unfortunately, language is only one facet of the total problem. In any discussion of education involving people who are culturally and linguistically different, various factors come into play, factors which…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Development, Community Attitudes
Kennedy, Dora F. – 1973
A discussion of bidialectalism looks at whether it is analogous to bilingualism, particularly in the case of young speakers of Black English, and how this and related considerations may inform reading instruction. Theory and research concerning dialects and bidialectalism, bilingualism and its various types, and linguistic competence and…
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Bilingualism, Child Language, Classroom Techniques
Spolsky, Bernard – 1972
It is the task of educational linguistics to describe and analyze language education in all aspects. With respect to the Navajo Reading Study, it is within the realm of educational linguistics to develop and make available information that will permit the Navaho people, working through their own institutions, to make informed decisions about…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Child Language, Diglossia
Shuy, Roger W. – 1976
This paper describes the past assumptions about the mismatch of child language and school language, noting the distance principle, the characteristics of language interference and the various treatments that have been hypothesized. Past research involving language mismatch and reading is reviewed, and it is noted that even though the best evidence…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Style, Dialects, Elementary Education
Rubagumya, Casmir M., Ed. – 1994
A collection of papers focuses on research perspectives and educational policy and practice concerning language in Africa. Articles include: "Language Policy in Tanzania and the Hidden Agenda" (Rehema Rajabu, Deo Ngonyani); "The Post-Primary Swahilisation Scheme in Tanzania: From Debate to Struggle" (Hermas Mwansoko);…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language)
Direct linkMcGuinness, Diane – MIT Press (BK), 2005
Research on reading has tried, and failed, to account for wide disparities in reading skill even among children taught by the same method. Why do some children learn to read easily and quickly while others, in the same classroom and taught by the same teacher, don't learn to read at all? In "Language Development and Learning to Read", Diane…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Speech, Reading Research, Psycholinguistics
