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ERIC Number: EJ108709
Record Type: CIJE
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: Africa; Latin America; Native Language; New Guinea