Children’s acquisition of literacy in syllabic scripts

• Main Authors: Donovan, Nicola, Tulloch, Shelley
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Inuit; Inuktitut; syllabics; literacy; biliteracy; writing system; orthography; script; Harper; inuit; inuktitut
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10680/2057

This paper, emerging from questions from teachers, parents, and educational policy makers in Canadian Inuit communities, summarizes the results of a literature review of English-language sources addressing children’s acquisition of literacy in syllabic scripts. Specifically, how first language liter...