Literacy and the Mother Tongue.

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ERIC Number: EJ108709

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1974

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Literacy and the Mother Tongue

Literacy Work, 4, 2, 11-37, Oct/Dec 74

Reviewing the situation of literacy in the mother tongue, the article reports on projects in: (1) Africa--Mali and Nigeria, (2) the Amazonian jungle of Peru in Latin America, and (3) Papua, New Guinea. Psychological, sociological, and educational advantages of the mother tongue are discussed. (MW)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Role, Literacy Education, Monolingualism, Native Speakers, Sociolinguistics

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Identifiers - Location: Africa

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