On Sunday, November 6, 2005, at 01:54  PM, Kevin Jepson wrote:


> Abbie Tom - were you asking about L2 influence on L1 literacy or vice

> versa? I've read a lot about L1 influence on L2, but haven't seen much

> on L2 influence on L1 literacy!

>

> Kevin

>

>

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> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at dev.nifl.gov] On Behalf Of David Brown

> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:56 AM

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> Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] native language literacy

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> On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 12:34:46 -0500

>   A Tom <abtom at mindspring.com> wrote:

>   I would love to know, however, if

>> students (those with the same writing system) who learn

>> to read in a second language use that knowledge to learn

>> to read their first language.  Has anyone ever looked at

>> that?  Abbie Tom

>>

>> abtom at mindspring.com

>> Abbie Tom

>> Durham Technical Community College

>> Durham, NC US

>

> Both cognitive development and academic development in the

> first language have been found to have positive effects on

> second-language learning (Bialystock, 1991; Collier, 1989,

> 1992; Garcia, [E.] 1994; Genessee, 1987, 1994; Thomas &

> Collier, 1997). Academic skills, literacy development,

> concept formation, subject knowledge, and strategy

> development learned in the first language transfer to the

> second language. However, because literacy is socially

> situated, it is equally critical to provide a supportive

> school envirornment that allows the academic and cognitive

> development in the first language to flourish.

>

> http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/ 

> li7lk12.

> htm

>

> The term common underlying proficiency (CUP) has also been

> used to refer to the cognitive/academic proficiency that

> underlies academic performance in both languages.

>

> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/cummins.htm

>

> Peace,

>

> David Brown

> ESL/EFL Teacher

> Long Beach, CA

> USA

>

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> David

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