Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue

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International Viewpoint: NEW ZEALAND From the beginning of the 2025 school year, all schools will be required to use structured literacy – also known as “phonics” or the “science of reading” – to teach children how to read. But the very nature of this approach to reading could cause bilingual children to lose their second […] The post Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue appeared first on Language Magazine.


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