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Download full textHornberger, Nancy H.; Skilton-Sylvester, Ellen – 1998
The continua model of bilteracy offers a framework in which to situate research,teaching, and language planning in linguistically diverse settings. Using this model, and citing examples of Cambodian and Puerto Rican students in Philadelphia's public schools as illustrative of the challenge facing American educators, this paper suggests that the…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Policy
Hornberger, Nancy H.; Hardman, Joel – 1991
Two programs in which biliteracy is being actively developed among immigrant groups are examined within the framework of nine continua of biliteracy. One program is an adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) class for Cambodian refugee women, taught by a young Cambodian woman. It is assumed that the teacher and students, as members of an urban…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Cambodians, Cultural Context
