What is mother-tongue education?

Mother-tongue education is a curriculum that teaches students in their first language rather than using the language of wider communication, which may be unknown to the student.

• Concept module: mother-tongue education
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): M
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 26 August 1999

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