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A Method For Surveying Literacy In Minority Languages In Mexico, Steven T. Egland
A Method For Surveying Literacy In Minority Languages In Mexico, Steven T. Egland
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to develop a testing method for surveying the literacy needs of minority language groups in Mexico. The tests were designed to determine the approximate percentage of adults in a given Mexican Indian town who can read and write in Spanish and in their own Indian language. The reading tests allowed subjects to be classified according to their abilities.
The tests were intended to improve on some previous studies of literacy in minority language groups outside of the United States. As the tests designed by this investigator were used in three language groups of Mexico …