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ERIC Number: EJ619958
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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One Literacy or Double Power?
Lo Bianco, Joseph
Babel, v35 n3 p4-11 Sum 2000-2001
Argues against Australia's One Literacy movement, which advocates for a singular, measurable, narrowly-defined, English-only literacy that is to be applied to all schooling in Australia. Calls for an alternative approach that involves mastery of multiple languages and systems, diverse modes, and plural meanings of literate practice in contemporary Australia. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Literacy, Multilingualism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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