Linguist David Crystal, in his "The Language Revolution" (2004) discusses, among other things, multilingualism and how we might understand it better. Some of...
FYI. This issue of this journal (which I do not post about regularly on M_L) has some articles that may be of interest. The title of the article by Robertson...
I'm interested in knowing of any summaries of literature on the learner's experience in education in a second language (L2), that is not their maternal...
FYI, 3 issues of this journal (info from the Journal page http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/journals/journals_ijm.asp?TAG=&CID= and Linguist list)......
FYI. This is not directly related to literacy but may be of interest. The workshop site is http://www.unitn.it/events/bilingualism/ Bilingual Sentence...
Although this title does not deal with multilingual issues, its discussion of cognitive aspects of literacy may be of interest to some. (Fwd from Linguist...
FYI. The page on the Yeled site dealing with this Institute is http://www.yeled.org/Page.asp?dept=1020&Article=278 (Fwd from Linguist list. NB, this is from...
FYI (reposted from Linguist list): * Medium of Instruction Policies: Which Agenda? Whose Agenda? * Language Policies in Education: Critical Issues DZO Message...
FYI (fwd from the Linguist list)... DZO Date: 18-Apr-2005 From: Brian Homoleski <academic_books@...> Subject: The In-Between People: Malone Title: The...
Here is a section of a longer column in the Sudan Tribune written by a Sudanese, Mading de Ngor Akec de Kuai, and entitled "Literacy through indigenous...
FYI, a guide for parents bringing their children up bilingually. Not sure to what extent development of reading skills in the two languages are mentioned....
FYI, the International Journal of the Sociology of Language had a special issue last year on trilingual education. (Fwd from the Linguist list)... DZO Date:...
FYI (fwd from Linguist list)... DZO Date: 05-Jan-2006 From: Elizabeth Gangeri <Elizabeth.Gangeri@...> Subject: Review of Adult Learning and Literacy,...
Realising the critical importance of education in development, in the last few years, India, like most developing countries has increased its investment in...
FYI, this item from the Chicago Tribune discusses first language education of Hispanic people in the US. Although it does not mention literacy it does...
FYI. The abstract does not mention literacy in different languages as a major factor. It would be interesting to know how this is treated by the author. (fwd...
This item may be of interest. (Reference seen on the Language Feed)... DZO Language gap affects young Bosnians at school, home By Eun Kyung Kim ST. LOUIS...
FYI. I haven't yet looked at this document to see how it treats multilingual issues, but it does focus on literacy. If Literacy is a neglected goasl of...
As we approach the end of the third year of this list - and soon the 1/3 mark of the UN Literacy Decade - I wanted first of all to note these milestones and...
