Transition in Bilingual Reading:
A Smooth Road to Biliteracy

 

Jill Kerper Mora
San Diego State University

 

7/26/98

 

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Table of Contents

A Smooth Road to Biliteracy 

Transitional Model of Bilingual Education 

What the Research Says about Cross-linguistic Transfer 

What the Research Says about Language Contrasts 

What the Research Says about Bilingual Readers 

Transition: Not an event, but a PROCESS  

Points of Transition 

Point of Transition #1 Literacy Instruction 

Point of Transition #2 Re-designation 

The Transition Phase 

Teaching Skills for Effective Transition 

Transition Criteria 

A Transition Checklist Spanish Reading  

A Transition Checklist English Language Skills 

Author: Jill Kerper Mora 
Copyright 1998 

 


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Sources: 

Durgunoglu, A. Y., Nagy,  R., & Hancin-Bhatt, B. (1993). Cross-language transfer of phonemic awareness. Journal of Educational Psychology 85 (3), 453-465. 

Jiménez, R.T., García, G.E., & Pearson, P.D. (1996). The reading strategies of bilingual Latina/o students who are successful English readers:  Opportunities and obstacles. Reading Research Quarterly 33 (1), 90-112. 

Mora, J.K. (2001). Effective instructional practices and assessment for literacy and biliteracy development. In S. R. Hurley & J.V. Tinajero (Eds.) Literacy Assessment of Second Language Learners (pp. 149-166). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Odlin, T. (1989). Language transfer: Cross-linguistic influence in Language learning. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 

Padrón, Y.N. (1989). Examining the cognitive reading strategies used by Hispanic elementary students while reading Spanish text. In L.M. Malave (Ed.), NABE Annual Conference Journal. Washington, D.C.: National Association for Bilingual Education. 

Thonis, E. W.(1983). The English-Spanish Connection. Compton, CA: Santillana. 
 

Additional Online Resources:

Click here for a complete bibliography of resources on biliteracy and second-language reading.

Mora, J.K. (2000/2001, December/January). Responding to the demographic challenge: An Internet classroom for teachers of language-minority students. Reading Online, 4(5). Available: http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/mora/index.html

 

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