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  • Members: 181
  • Category: Other
  • Founded: Mar 30, 2003
  • Language: English
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The United Nations launched a Literacy Decade on 13 February 2003 with the mission of "Education for all" and the mottos "Literacy as freedom" & "Literacy for all: voice for all, learning for all." What does this all really mean in practice for multilingual societies & minority language communities?

The goal of Multilingual_Literacy is to serve as a forum for discussion & exchange of information about literacy theory, practice, & policy in multilingual contexts worldwide during the Decade, & to facilitate consideration of such questions as:
  • What approaches to adult literacy & basic education for children work best on the countrywide, community & individual levels?
  • Should measures of "literacy" (% literate) be more complex in countries or communities where multiple languages & maybe even scripts are used?
  • What other issues arise with various approaches to literacy in countries where many languages are spoken (e.g., language survival, national unity, prioritizing limited education resources, production of materials for post-literacy, role of ICT, meaning of literacy to the people...), & how can they be addressed?
  • What about terminology & related concepts? (e.g., multiliteracy, pluriliteracy, multi/bilingualism)
Multilingual_Literacy is not connected with the U.N. It is mirrored on the Linguist list.

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Re: Mother tongue-based multilingual education Network web site
Thanks Don, I've added the link to the group site. I am not aware of what UNESCO is doing regarding the end of Literacy Decade reporting. Last month I attended
Posted - Tue Oct 2, 2012 12:19 pm
Dave Pearson
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Re: Mother tongue-based multilingual education Network web site
Thanks, Dave. Please feel free to add a link on the links page of the group site (else I'll do it later). BTW, with the Literacy Decade coming to a close, what
Posted - Mon Oct 1, 2012 2:38 pm
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Mother tongue-based multilingual education Network web site
Dear All, In case you haven't found it yet, there is a wealth of information (documentation, upcoming events etc.) on mother tongue-based multilingual
Posted - Mon Oct 1, 2012 12:54 pm
Dave Pearson
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Mother tongue-based multilingual education
A discussion of Mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTBMLE) in the Philippines. The title (below) is misleading, refering as I read it to the period
Posted - Mon Oct 1, 2012 11:34 am
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Countries with highest literacy rate gain
The World Bank's Facebook page features a chart from "Weekly EdStat" on "Which countries have improved their adult literacy rates the most over time?":
Posted - Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:04 pm
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