Gudschinsky 1971

Gudschinsky 1971

Reference
	Gudschinsky, Sarah C. 1971. "Literacy in the mother tongue and second language learning." Conference on Child Language, Chicago1971:341–355. Interest level: lay specialist.

Summary
	Contends that children who are monolingual speakers of a mother tongue language will generally learn a second language more readily and effectively if they are first taught to read and write in their own language. Presents several examples of successful programs in support of this thesis and lists social, psychological, and pedagogical factors that may have contributed to success.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Gudschinsky 1971
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): G
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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