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Peer reviewedSpolsky, Bernard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1981
Presents model using elements of status, social group or speech community, and values for treating literacy as a sociolinguistic phenomenon and in support of bilingual education. Uses Navajo and medieval Jewish languages as examples. (BK)
Descriptors: Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Diglossia
PDF pending restorationSpolsky, Bernard – 1979
The relationship between teaching English to speakers of other languages and bilingual education is explored through three dimensions in language education: participants, channels, and codes. Language barriers to education can be found in each of these. As student participants become more numerous and more linguistically diverse, the educational…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cognitive Style, Curriculum
