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Determining Competencies for

Second-language Literacy Teachers

Linguistic Theory

What we know about:

• Linguistic competence & language learning

• Linguistic interference & contrastive language structures

• Surface & deep structures & cross-cultural schema

Reading Process

What we know about reading:

• Phonemic awareness & decoding skills

• Use of syntax, semantics and context cues

• Activation of schemata

• Universal & bilingual reading strategies

Reading Instruction

• Selection of approaches : phonics, skills, whole language or eclectic

• Adaptations of strategies for L2 reading

• Assessment of linguistic competence, reading potential & achievement

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