Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children The Miami迈阿密双语儿童语言与识字能力.pptVIP

Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children: The Miami Experience Rebecca E. Eilers D. Kimbrough Oller Alan Cobo-Lewis Virginia Mueller Gathercole Barbara Zurer Pearson Preface Multilingualism is a global phenomenon. English monolingualism in the US is an anomaly. English has become increasingly a “lingua franca”. Yet Americans fear “balkanization” from exposure to many native tongues. The Question! The debate in the US is often framed in terms of educational outcome. The claim is that bilingualism contributes to academic/intellectual deficits. The question is: 1. Does bilingualism, in and o