Definitions of Literacy

Jill Kerper Mora
San Diego State University

1/17/00

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Additional Resources

Click here for a slide show on principles and approaches to second-language reading and biliteracy.

Click here for a comprehensive bibliography on second-language reading and biliteracy.

Click here for a curriculum framework for biliteracy development.

Click here for a chart showing metalinguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

Click here for a sequence of phonics instruction using word families.

Click here for the position paper of the International Reading Association on reading and phonemic awareness.

Click here for the IRA's position statement on reading instruction in a child's first language.

Click here for a discussion of the whole language philosophy and research base.

Click here for an excellent article on emergent and early literacy development

This page was last updated on 07/26/02