I hae read some studies which point to a positive impact of L2 upon L1 in 
terms of metalinguistics.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "zazie" <zazee27 at yahoo.com>
To: "The English Language Learners Discussion List" 
<englishlanguage at dev.nifl.gov>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [EnglishLanguage] native language literacy


But Mr. Brown's response is not to the question that was asked.  The talk is 
always about L1 aiding L2, not the other way around.  It would be an 
interesting thing to study.  Previously somone mentioned that students with 
problems in ESL class tended to be those with less L1 education.  STudents 
in Literacy-level classes often have had so little education that they have 
not had the training in academic (school/study) skills that others have, 
even those with only elementary-school education.  No wonder they don't feel 
a great desire to learn to read in their L1; they have no intention of 
sitting home reading books in the evenings.  (Not that many "educated" 
Americans do so, either!)
Zazie


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