Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ499396
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Publication Date: 1995
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The Continuum of Literacy in American Indian Communities.
Zepeda, Ofelia
Bilingual Research Journal, v19 n1 p5-15 Win 1995
Describes the O'odham language and oral tradition of the Tohono O'odham Indians of southern Arizona, relating it to the development of O'odham children's English literacy. Oral tradition and school literacy constitute opposite ends of a literacy continuum, in which English literacy is often isolated from and in conflict with O'odham literacy. (10 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Indigenous Populations, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Literacy, Oral Language, Oral Tradition, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Written Language
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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