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From: abtom@mindspring.com
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] native language literacy
Date: November 6, 2005 12:34:46 PM EST
To: englishlanguage@dev.nifl.gov

.... I would love to know, however, if students (those with the same writing system) who learn to read in a second language use that knowledge to learn to read their first language. Has anyone ever looked at that?

Abbie Tom
abtom@mindspring.com
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC US

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From: dabro@csulb.edu
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] native language literacy
Date: November 6, 2005 12:55:36 PM EST
To: englishlanguage@dev.nifl.gov

Both cognitive development and academic development in the first language have been found to have positive effects on second-language learning (Bialystock, 1991; Collier, 1989, 1992; Garcia, [E.] 1994; Genessee, 1987, 1994; Thomas & Collier, 1997). Academic skills, literacy development, concept formation, subject knowledge, and strategy development learned in the first language transfer to the second language. However, because literacy is socially situated, it is equally critical to provide a supportive school envirornment that allows the academic and cognitive development in the first language to flourish.

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li7lk12.htm

The term common underlying proficiency (CUP) has also been used to refer to the cognitive/academic proficiency that underlies academic performance in both languages.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/cummins.htm

Peace,

David Brown
ESL/EFL Teacher
Long Beach, CA
USA