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Download full textPellicer, Alejandra – 1996
A discussion of the language skills of Maya-speaking children in Mexico describes the relationship of Maya and Spanish languages in this population's education and reports on a study of the construction of orthography by these children. The study first examines how language is used in literacy education and the difficulties of literacy in a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language of Instruction
