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Lost in Translation: From English to Pacific Languages in Early Reading Assessment
Lost in Translation: From English to Pacific Languages in Early Reading Assessment
(Research Brief)
Are the skills and knowledge to be learned by early readers of English the same as those to be learned by early readers of the vernacular (L1)? Bringing together language and literacy in English and the L1 is difficult. Much can be “lost in translation.” We explore issues that surface when using English early reading assessments as the frame for developing L1 assessments.