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Keywords: Literacy, Bilingual, 'Lingual, Connotation, Proficiency

Related Terms: Monolingual, Dialect, Bilingual, Chrestomathy, Colloquialism, Ell, Figurative, Idiomatic, Jargon, Language, Linguist, Prose, Target Language, Trope, Limited English Proficiency, Lep, Native Language, Register, Receptive Language, Figure Of Speech, Primary Language, Mixed Metaphor, Foreign Language, Literacy, Pidgin, Figurative Language, Bilingualism, First Language, Mother Tongue, Second Language, Esl, Code Switching, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, Immersion, Calp, Dominant Language, Language Experience Approach, Whole Language, Balanced Literacy, Language Arts, Interpreting, English Language Learner, Specific Language Disability, English As A Second Language, Interlanguage, Double Entendre, Conference Interpreter, English For Speakers Of Other Languages

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The development of literacy skills in two languages.

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Literacy that has been developed well in two languages (see definition of Literacy).

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literate in two languages (see also literacy, bilingual proficiency).

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Having the knowledge and skill to read and write in one's home language and in a second language.

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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 with the change of the term from 'lingual' to 'literate' and the concept of reading and writing, which are in addition to simply speaking.

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