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The development of secondary discourse ability and metalinguistic awareness in second language learners
Norbert Francis 1  
  1 Northern Arizona University
Correspondence to Norbert Francis College of Education Northern Arizona University P.O. Box 5774 Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 USA e-mail: norbert.francis@nau.edu
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Journal compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
KEYWORDS
academic language proficiency • secondary discourse • metalinguistic awareness • bilingualism • literacy
KEYWORDS
proficiencia lingüística académica • discurso secundario • conciencia metalingüística • bilingüismo • alfabetización

ABSTRACT

Research on the development of language proficiency associated with academic discourse and literacy learning is reviewed. Bilingualism and L2 learning are considered as a point of reference to help formulate the following research questions for future investigation: What are the components that together make up literacy-related academic proficiency? Sequential bilingualism provides for a useful perspective on this question because in L2 learning the different components appear to develop at varying rates in relation to each other, revealing imbalances that shed light on how aspects of language knowledge and information processing might be represented and on how they are deployed in actual language use. Which aspects of literacy-related academic proficiency are not language-specific, and how do bilinguals access requisite knowledge and processing components in L2 literacy learning?

ABSTRACT

El autor presenta una reseña de la investigación sobre el desarrollo de las habilidades lingüísticas vinculadas con el discurso académico y la alfabetización. Se toma como punto de referencia el bilingüismo y el aprendizaje de segundas lenguas para proponer un marco conceptual para futuras investigaciones: ¿cuáles son los componentes que, como conjunto, conforman las habilidades de la lectura y la escritura en el ámbito académico? El bilingüismo no-simultáneo ofrece una perspectiva provechosa sobre este tema porque en el aprendizaje de segundas lenguas los diferentes componentes muestran trayectorias de desarrollo menos homogéneas, revelando, a su vez, desequilibrios que nos ayudan a apreciar cómo se representan los diferentes aspectos del conocimiento del lenguage y del procesamiento de información en la mente, y cómo se desplegan en el uso del lenguage. ¿Cuáles aspectos de las habilidades académicas relacionadas con el alfabetismo no son específicos a una lengua o la otra, y cómo puede el hablante bilingüe aprovechar del conocimiento necesario y de los mecanismos de procesamiento disponibles en el aprendizaje de la lectura y la escritura en una segunda lengua?


[Final version received 12/7/05 ]

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10.1111/j.1473-4192.2006.00105.x About DOI

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