biliteracy
Two-language reading ability
Biliteracy is the ability to read and write in two languages.
The term appears most often in educational contexts, where schools may offer biliteracy programs or award a seal of biliteracy to graduating students who demonstrate proficiency in English and another language.
Biliteracy implies functional competence in both written systems, not just spoken fluency.
Ordered letter collections
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- graphemesUnits of writing systems
logographic · syllabary · Hangul · Cyrillic · kanji · hiragana · katakana · diacritics
Interpreting written text
- writingRecorded language on surface
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
State of being submerged
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- instructionGuidance for action
- classroomEducational instruction space
Mental knowledge acquisition
- transferMove between locations
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- interlanguageEvolving system between tongues
alphabets
Ordered letter collections
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
graphemes · logographic · syllabary · Hangul · Cyrillic · kanji · hiragana · katakana · diacritics · directionality
reading
Interpreting written text
- writingRecorded language on surface
- fluencySmooth linguistic command
- proficiencySkilled performance level
immersion
State of being submerged
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- instructionGuidance for action
classroom · assessment · teachers · students · scaffolding
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- transferMove between locations
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- interlanguageEvolving system between tongues
identity
Who someone is
- language educationbilingual, language teaching, language learning, immersion, language learner
literacy, literate, illiterate, illiteracy, literacies, preliterate, preliteracy, literature, literary