Huddleston 1980

Huddleston 1980

Reference
	Huddleston, Mark. 1980. "Which language for literacy?" Notes on Literacy 30:9–12. Interest level: lay specialist.

Summary
	Explores advantages and disadvantages of beginning a literacy program in the mother tongue rather than in a trade or national language. Discusses the goals of literacy from the viewpoint both of SIL and local governments. Includes many quotes from authoritative sources. Concludes it is best to start out teaching in the mother tongue and then progress to the trade or national language.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Huddleston 1980
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): H
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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