Research Studies on the Approaches to Beginning Reading for Bilingual Students.

Autor/in	Lombardo, Maria
Titel	Research Studies on the Approaches to Beginning Reading for Bilingual Students.
Quelle	(1979), (75 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Language Research; Literacy Education; Literature Reviews; Native Language Instruction; Reading Research; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprachforschung; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Leseforschung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This survey of research on bilingualism focuses on a controversy over methods for teaching reading, namely, should non-readers achieve literacy in their native language before learning to read a second language? As a report of the results of various studies shows, both proponents of prior native language literacy and proponents of prior second language literacy have much evidence to support their views. It is concluded that social, economic, and political issues have been the confounding factors in determining which is the more desirable precedence. The experimental design of a number of studies is also called into question. It is concluded that further research must be conducted with firm control of variables in order to determine if one method is in fact superior to the other. A compilation of studies on the subject of reading alternatives for bilingual students and a bibliography are appended. (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01