Literacy Acquisition in Multilingual Eritrea - A Comparative Study of Reading Across Languages and Scripts

This book reports on a multidisciplinary research project that aimed to compare literacy acquisition in different languages and scripts in Eritrea (Horn of Africa), where linguistic and cultural diversities are acknowledged in the language and education policies. The policy promotes primary education in the nine languages and the alphasyllabic Ge'e

Product details

• Authors: Yonas Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun Asfaha
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2009
• EAN: 9789052603582
• ISBN: 978-90-5260-358-2
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Studies in Multilingualism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Anthropologie