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Barbara Trudell
Researcher at SIL International
Publications - 22
Citations - 674
Barbara Trudell is an academic researcher from SIL International. The author has contributed to research in topics: Languages of Africa & Literacy. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 22 publications receiving 602 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara Trudell include University of Edinburgh.
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Oral reading fluency and comprehension in Kenya: reading acquisition in a multilingual environment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used reading assessment data for 2,000 Kenyan children in two or three languages: English, Kiswahili and one of two mother tongues, Dholuo or Gikuyu, to compare reading and comprehension rates across languages.
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Local-language literacy and sustainable development in Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the specific links between language, development and literacy are explored, and examples from across sub-Saharan Africa are then given regarding the impact that is possible when local-language literacy is made part of the broader development picture.
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Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities
TL;DR: This article examined the perspectives of people living in several rural African communities regarding the purposes and outcomes of formal education, as well as their perspectives on the proper language choice for schooling, and the interaction of stakeholder perspectives with the range of national and local language policies in place.
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Whatever the law says: language policy implementation and early-grade literacy achievement in Kenya
Barbara Trudell,Benjamin Piper +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between language policy implementation at the classroom level and students' early literacy outcomes, giving insight into how the degree of adherence to language policy in the classroom intersects with student achievement.
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Language choice, education and community identity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the pedagogical and cultural impact of the PROPELCA (Operational Research Project for the Teaching of Cameroonian Languages) mother-tongue education program being implemented in the Bafut, Kom and Nso language communities of the Northwest Province of Cameroon.