In a previous post, someone mentioned the following:

Though there is an ever-growing population of ESL
learners particularly adolescents and adults who are
preliterate (meaning that their L1 does not have a
written form).  Which means that this population does
not have the opportunity of being literate in their
L1.  

I am interested in knowing which people do not have a
language with a written form.
And what percentage of ESL students fall into this
catgegory?

In my experience, most Spanish speakers are very
literate. Mexico, for example, has a fairly decent
public education system.
Paul Rogers



	
		
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