biliterate

adjective

bi·lit·er·ate

(ˌ)bī-ˈli-t(ə-)rət

: able to read and write two different languages

When they leave Lennox Elementary School District eight years later, more than 90% are bilingual, biliterate and, as Moffett puts it, "ready to succeed in the mainstream world of English only."—

Pat Ordovensky, USA Today, 16 Feb. 1994

biliteracy

(ˌ)bī-ˈli-t(ə-)rə-sē

noun

A novel biliteracy program at the Sweetwater Union High School District is becoming more popular and is attracting the attention of a statewide education group that would like to see the effort expand elsewhere in California. —

Ashly McGlone, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2011