Introduction
In Latin America there is a well‐established tradition of publication and research relating to the increasing importance that intercultural bilingual education has had in the educational provision offered to indigenous communities, as attested by López ( 2004, p. 1),
From the 90s onwards, Intercultural Bilingual Education in Latin America has succeeded in moving from a tradition of experimental projects to becoming an integral part of national educational systems, within a framework of programmes of educational reform. Footnote 1
In contrast, studies on bilingual education for majority language speakers in this part of the world are a relatively recent development, even though the phenomenon itself dates from the early years of the nineteenth century, in the case of some of the first bilingual programmes established in Argentina (Banfi and Day, 2005).
Nevertheless, it is important to see enrichment bilingual education Footnote 2in South America as an integrated...
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Notes
- 1.
Author's translation of this and subsequent quotations in Spanish in the original.
- 2.
The term ‘enrichment bilingual education’ used here refers to Hornberger's ( 1991) typology, where she distinguishes between enrichment models which promote and extend language development and additive bilingualism, as well as cultural pluralism, in contrast to maintenance or transitional models.
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For purposes of this discussion, biliteracy may be taken as “any and all instances in which communication occurs in two (or more) languages in or around writing” (Hornberger and Skilton-Sylvester, 2000, pp. 96–98).
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de Mejía, A. (2008). Enrichment Bilingual Education in South America. In: Hornberger, N.H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30424-3_134
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