Exploring the development of reading in multilingual education programs

Stephen L. Walter

Exploring the development of reading in multilingual education programs

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Stephen L. Walter Language Development Department Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics Dallas USA

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GGhelɨ nkɨŋ ilaʼ nɨ̀ ghelɨ ghɨ baŋnɨ keli meyn ɨ̀fyêʼ sɨ̂ ìyaŋsɨ̀-ì kèsa izɨ̀lì i jàŋ, ifaytɨ ijàŋ nɨ̀ ìjâŋ i atu a baynɨ-a sɨ chɨ̀yntɨ̀ sɨ dyèyn sɨ fì sɨ keli ilema kûm ìyeʼi sɨ jàŋ sɨ dyèyn a nzɨ̀tɨ ndô ŋwàʼlɨ̀ nɨ̀ woynda i bol. Ɨfyêʼ nâ wèyn ta wu n- ghɨ nɨn nî na ghɨ na bɨfɨ sɨ kfeynsɨ aninɨ iyeʼi ta nkɨ̂ŋ lvɨ̂yn dyèyn meyn na ilema i ijàŋ a tɨ̂laʼ tɨ ànfɨf nɨn laynî kelɨ ɨfyêʼ nâ wèyn. Ŋwàʼlɨ̀ yèyn nɨn bôʼlɨ̀ kîtɨ̀ mɨ̀wôlɨ̀ nâ mèyn ta mɨ̀ ndyêyn ilema ijàŋ a tɨ̂laʼ tɨ ànfɨf fî boŋ dyêyn na itaŋi zɨ̀ a ghɨ chòʼ meyn lèm sɨ isaʼ kàʼ sɨ a moʼ a yi na ghɨ sɨ dyèyn ikfɨnɨ nô sɨ a ŋaŋ ta ghɨ kɨŋ yèyn izɨ̀lì sɨ lema ijàŋ a tɨ̂laʼ tɨ ànfɨf. (Translated to Kom [bkm] a language of Cameroon, by Godfrey Kain Chuo.)

Researchers in the West have developed detailed standards – reading rate, reading accuracy, and comprehension – to both characterize and track progress towards learning to read in early basic education. The existence of such standards raises the obvious question of whether or not they can be extended to broader educational practice, since recent research has established that the development of reading skills in lower-income countries tends to lag far behind these standards. This chapter investigates some of the data on reading development from low-income countries and provides evidence that educational policy on language of instruction may, in fact, be the most salient explanatory variable in explaining the widely observed deficit in reading skill development in such countries.

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Language Issues in Comparative Education

Inclusive Teaching and Learning in Non-Dominant Languages and Cultures

Series: Comparative and International Education: Diversity of Voices, Volume: 24

Cover Language Issues in Comparative Education

E-Book ISBN:: 9789462092181

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Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2013

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