Language, literacy, and the needs of the multilingual child

In this article, I first take on the issue of standards and the degree to which they do or  do not contribute to the improvement of language and literacy outcomes for children in multilingual societies. Then I consider the relation of standards to language and, finally, raise the vexed issue of con...

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Main Author: Catherine E. Snow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2014-03-01
Series:Perspectives in Education
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Online Access:http://196.255.246.28/index.php/pie/article/view/1841
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Summary:In this article, I first take on the issue of standards and the degree to which they do or  do not contribute to the improvement of language and literacy outcomes for children in multilingual societies. Then I consider the relation of standards to language and, finally, raise the vexed issue of content knowledge and its relation to standards, on the one hand, and to language, on the other.
ISSN:0258-2236
2519-593X