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English term or phrase:	biliterate
Spanish translation:	competencias orales y escritas en ambos idiomas..
Entered by:	Marina Menendez

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16:06 Sep 10, 2008

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: biliterate

I don't know the word, and I'd rather not use the definition, unless there is no word. Here is the context

To promote and maintain the development of bilingual, biliterate and multicultural competencies for all children (when applicable).

I noticed this term has come up before , but the best term I've seen so far is biletrado. However, when I looked up that word in the Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola (REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA ), it tells me the word does not exist.

PLEASE HELP ME!

GoIrish

competencias orales y escritas en ambos idiomas..

Explanation:

Propongo una paráfrasis para evitar ambigüedades.

To promote and maintain the development of bilingual, biliterate and multicultural competencies for all children (when applicable).

Promover y mantener el desarrollo de las competencias orales y escritas en ambos idiomas, como así también la competencia multicultural de todos los niños.

El SPANISH-ENGLISH EDUCATION LANGUAGE GLOSSARY (2008 EDITION)del CDE (California Department of Educaction) propone 'capaz de leer y escribir en dos idiomas'.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/Ls/pf/c4/documents/spanengglossary.doc

En el sig link, por el contrario, se utiliza 'bilingüe' como un término abarcativo de 'bilingual' y 'biliterate'
They should not punish or penalize their students for engaging in code-switching. Rather, they ought to continue to do what they have been trained to do: ensure the healthy acquisition and development of both English and Spanish in their classrooms by encou-raging learners to demonstrate full bilingual and biliterate proficiency.

No deberían castigar o penalizar a sus alumnos por involucrarse en el cambio de código. Más bien, deberían continuar haciendo lo que ellos han sido entrenados para hacer: asegurar una adquisición saludable y el desarrollo de tanto el inglés como el español en sus aulas y motivar a sus alumnos a demostrar un desempeño completo en lo bilingüe y lo bicultural.
http://www.iesa.gob.mx/horizontes/16/3d.htm

The "biliterate" ballot controversy: language
acquisition and cultural shift among immigrants /
Chalsa M. Loo. -
En International migration Review (IMR). -
Vol. 19, 1985, n. 3 (Fall) ; p. 493-516 . -
www.giemic.uclm.es/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_vie...

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Marina Menendez
Argentina
Local time: 01:39

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Summary of answers provided

4 +8

alfabetizado en dos idiomas

liz askew

4 +1

que lee y escribe en dos idiomas

Arturo Delgado

culto / biletrado / alfabetizado en dos o más idiomas

Francesca Samuel

bi literato

Enrique Huber

competencias orales y escritas en ambos idiomas..

Marina Menendez

4 -2

bilateral

Enrique Reyes

Summary of reference entries provided

literata

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

0 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): -2

bilateral

Explanation:
En plural bilaterales.

Enrique Reyes
Mexico
Local time: 23:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Not bilateral, but biliterate

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

alfabetizado en dos idiomas

Explanation:
http://esl.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/education_pedag...

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FilosofÃa deportiva - HaloScan.com - Comments for castelo78e
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La discusión en Proz, que supongo que conoces, propone "alfabetizado en dos idiomas" (te la enlazo aquí). Pero no me acaba de convencer. ...
www.haloscan.com/comments/castelo78e/2745386636383859528/ - Similar pages

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Oh well,

Wait for the native Sp. speakers...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 27

Notes to answerer

Asker: I had seen this option too, but I was wondering if there was one word, just like there is in English.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Egmont

13 mins

-> Gracias!

agree

literata

17 mins

-> Gracias!

agree

hecdan: sí, porque iliterate, literate es (an)alfabeto-alfabetizado, ergo el neologismo en inglés alude a esto y todavía no se impuso "bialfabetizado", horrible pero ya llegará

17 mins

-> Gracias!

agree

Francesca Samuel: Two or more. Didn't even see your answer ;-D. No Liz, that's what I thought too but it is not so. Did you read my notes?

36 mins

-> Thank you!.. no, it is just "two" as "bi" = two.//OK, I have just read them - interesting :-)

agree

Paula Tizzano Fernández

54 mins

agree

olv10siq: Yes, I think this is the most appropriate word.

2 hrs

agree

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

3 hrs

agree

Manuel Martín-Iguacel

3 hrs

16 mins confidence:

bi literato

Explanation:
my option. bi (two) literate

Enrique Huber
Mexico
Local time: 23:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 7

17 mins confidence:

culto / biletrado / alfabetizado en dos o más idiomas

Explanation:
I'm not absolutely sure that the term "biletrado" has been accepted by DRAE. However, it appears that it is being used even in an education setting.

PDF] Empleados pierden sueldo por huelgaFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
importancia de ser bilingüe y biletrado”, dijo. Ruiz. “Especialmente cuando estamos en. una región de nuestro país tan cercana a la ...
journalism.arizona.edu/publications/independiente/archives/2005/oct_2005.pdf - Similar pages - Note this

English to Spanish glossary of translations - Education / Pedagogy ...bileterate · biletrado ... biliterate · alfabetizado en dos idiomas, (Non-member). BILL · proyecto de ley, (Non-member) ...
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[DOC] UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL DE CALIFORNIA SAN MARCOSFile Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTML
Yo quiero ser biletrado – un puente entre dos culturas. Los cuentos familiares. ENTREGA DE las escrituras relámpagos y el ensayo sobre el uso del español ...
lynx.csusm.edu/coe/ArchiveSyllabi/Summer2004/EDML.553-Garza.doc -

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Biliteracy is the state of being literate in two or more languages. To be biliterate has a stronger and more specified connotation than the claim of being simply bilingual. This is because the term 'literate' indicates the subject is not only able to communicate verbally in a second language, but is also able read and write successfully in this second language.

When discussing bilingualism the extent of a persons fluency in each language is in question. A limited bilingual person may only have the ability to communicate orally in both languages in limited social situations. While a more proficient bilingual person will speak, read and write both languages as if they were equally the person's "mother tongue". With the term biliteracy it is understood that fluency in both reading and writing are present.

Biliteracy in the development of academic success in school for language minority students.

Research strongly supports the notion that biliteracy is the prime driver of academic success in school for language minority students in bilingual education programmes. (Cummins,2000; Baker, 2006; may, Hill & Tiakiwai, 2004; McCaffery & Tuafuti, 2003; Tuafuti & McCaffery 2005).

Within the area of biliteracy there is debate as to the best way to help children become biliterate. Should biliteracy be developed simultaneously through and language 1 and language 2 at the same time or first in one language and later the second? One theory, often claimed to answer this question is the Minimum Threshold and Interdependence Hypothesis proposed by Jim Cummins, a well known researcher and writer in the field. A popular misunderstanding of Cummin's theory and writings is that to avoid a negative impact on the cognitive development of the child, the second language should not be introduced until the child has an achieved a mastery of the first language. This misunderstanding of Cummins' position and research findings is widespread and is often used to justify delaying or not introducing regional or world languages until very late in elementary education.

Francesca Samuel
United States
Local time: 21:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 19

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

que lee y escribe en dos idiomas

Explanation:
Espero que esta manera de expresar la idea te ayude o te sirva de guia para lidiar con esta nueva palabrita que se han inventado los gringos.

Example sentence(s):

Fomentar y preservar el logro de la capacidad de todos los ninos para hablar, leer y escribir en dos idiomas y entender varias culturas

Arturo Delgado
Local time: 00:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 112

1 hr confidence:

competencias orales y escritas en ambos idiomas..

Marina Menendez
Argentina
Local time: 01:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 155

Grading comment

Thank you, I like the way it turned out. I appreciate your answer.

Reference comments

20 mins

Reference

Reference information:
Fijate en este link: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/education_pedag...

Dan las opciones de biletrado y bialfabetizado., aunque es cierto que los términos no están aceptados por la RAE. Si no te convencen, la opción de liz askew me parece acertada.

Saludos

literata
Chile
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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