Trudell, B. 1993

Trudell, Barbara K. 1993.Beyond the bilingual classroom: Literacy acquisition among Peruvian Amazon communities. Published MA thesis, University of Texas Arlington. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics; University of Texas at Arlington. 162 pages. 088312615X. (Review by Wagner, W. J. 1995.) Location: Dallas SIL Library 371.97 T866b. Interest level: academic.

Two-part study examines the

• historical
• ethnic identity-related factors, and
• educational program-related factors.

Affected literacy acquisition in the mother tongue and in Spanish among 10 mother tongue ethnolinguistic groups of the Peruvian jungle (page 5).

Part 1 describes the setting for the groups involved and the research methodology used (open-ended interviews, document study, and on-site surveys). Part 2

• profiles 10 Amazonian mother tongue groups and their histories
• applies three models of ethnicity and language use, and
• describes the status of education in each group.

• Bibliography module: Trudell, B. 1993
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): T
• 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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