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10 Nov 2015
Video

Language and the Global Learning Crisis: How Best to Teach Multilingual Children

Many students throughout the developing world struggle with reading and some 250 million children are still unable to read a single word after having been in school for up to four years. In this video, Pooja Reddy Nakamura, AIR senior researcher, explains the role that language and multilingualism plays in the global learning crisis and how best to teach multilingual learners.

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FRAME kids in India
Project

Facilitating Reading Acquisition in Multilingual Environments (FRAME) – India

Many students around the world grow up and go to school in multilingual environments, yet there isn’t enough evidence about how to effectively promote reading acquisition in linguistically diverse contexts. The Facilitating Reading Acquisition in Multilingual Environments (FRAME) study addresses this gap by examining the predictors of biliteracy acquisition in South India.

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12 Feb 2015
Report

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Child learning to read in India

Facilitating Reading Acquisition in Multilingual Environments in India (FRAME-India) - Final Report

Most of the world is multilingual—at the national, community, family, and individual levels—and each of these has implications for teaching and learning. This study is one of the first to focus on a theory of change relevant for multilingual learners in the developing world. Pooja Nakamura introduces the report in a brief video.
Topic: 
International, International Education, International Reading and Literacy
30 Jul 2018
Journal Article

Language and the Learning Crisis: Evidence of Transfer Threshold Mechanisms in Multilingual Reading in South India

Despite significant progress in school enrollment numbers, improvements in students' learning achievement have lagged behind in low- and middle-income countries. This paper examines when local language-speaking children in South India are ready to begin literacy acquisition in English (a second or later acquired language).
Topic: 
International, International Reading and Literacy

Further Reading

  • Facilitating Reading Acquisition in Multilingual Environments in India (FRAME-India)- Final Report
  • Language in Learning and Literacy: Native Tongues First
  • Language and the Learning Crisis: Evidence of Transfer Threshold Mechanisms in Multilingual Reading in South India
  • Facilitating Reading Acquisition in Multilingual Environments (FRAME) – India
  • Literacy Around the World
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International Reading and Literacy

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