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

This paper provides evidence for a non-linear relationship between local language and English reading scores in multilingual South India. The mechanism suggests that being taught English prematurely may lead to struggles in English literacy acquisition; whereas being taught English after achieving a...

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Publicado en:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 55; no. 11; pp. 2287 - 2306
Autores principales: Nakamura, Pooja Reddy, de Hoop, Thomas, Holla, Chinmaya Udayakumar
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2019
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          Nakamura, Pooja Reddy
          de Hoop, Thomas
          Holla, Chinmaya Udayakumar
        affil: International Development, Evaluation, and Research, American Institutes for Research (AIR), Washington, DC, USA
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        India
        School enrollment
        Regression analysis
        South Asians
        English language
        Data analysis
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          School enrollment
          India
          Regression analysis
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          English language
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      ab: This paper provides evidence for a non-linear relationship between local language and English reading scores in multilingual South India. The mechanism suggests that being taught English prematurely may lead to struggles in English literacy acquisition; whereas being taught English after achieving a threshold reading level in the local language may lead to success in transitioning to English literacy acquisition. We base our findings on non-parametric and parametric regression analysis of data from assessments that were uniquely designed for South and Southeast Asian languages, and for multilingual children. Our findings help explain the global trend of increased school enrolment, with learning achievements lagging.
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