while theother, broader conceptual framework that preceded it was taken up atfirst in limited and constrained ways by those who misunderstood itas conveying static or essentialized views of language or literacy, or asbeing only about literacy or only about bi-lingualism, but it has sincebeen widely adopted in Indigenous and immigrant/refugee contextsworldwide
Although the earlier, broader framework was first misunderstood and narrowly used, people though it gave rigid views of language or focused only on literacy or bilingualism, it later became widely and properly applied, especially in indigenous and immigrant settings.