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Kate:
The example of the verb was used because in most ESL programs they make references to verbs when they teach people to read. The idea is that there are a lot of abstract concepts that people encounter when they are learning to read. If they are completely unfamiliar with those concepts in their native language, it will be very difficult for a learner to master them in a second language. people who are not literate in their native languages are often unfamiliar with many abstract concepts that are acquired during reading acquisition. The ultimate question was if it was easier to learn to read in the native language before attempting to read in a second language and the simple answer is yes! Bilingual programs do this. They teach people to read in the native language while people acquire conversational skills in the 2nd language.
Regarding what Ken meant with the word "our" was "are", as in "there are bilingual programs."
Andres
In a message dated 7/3/2003 8:52:14 PM Mountain Daylight Time, kate@global2000.net writes:
Ken Taber writes:
>>
>>Since you are already literate in English, you know that the word
>>"verb"
>usually refers to an action word, or something that can be conjugated
>according to persons and tenses.
I thought that "literacy" referred to "the ability to read and write,"
not "the knowledge of grammatical terms."
Many literates - people who can read and write the language(s) they
speak - have never so much as heard the word "verb" (or its equivalent
in the language(s) they know) ...
and surprising numbers of people can define "verb," "noun," and other
grammatical terms without knowing how to read these words or any other
words in their language(s). (Illiterates can &do sit through
junior-high-school English-class, memorize definitions, etc.)
>>There our bilingual programs
Excuse me, Ken, but I do not understand what "our" means in this
sentence.
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