Emergent literacy instruction: ‘continua of biliteracy’ among newly immigrated adolescents
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DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2019.1701006
Abstract: Abstract This article focuses on the instruction of recently immigrated adolescents with limited educational backgrounds who are developing emergent literacy. It is based on an ethnographic study conducted in a public Swedish language introductory class… read more here.
Keywords: instruction; biliteracy; continua biliteracy; immigrated adolescents ... See more keywords
Same program, distinctive development: Exploring the biliteracy trajectories of two dual language schools
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DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2017.1307290
Abstract: ABSTRACT Using a mixed methods comparative case study, the researcher explored the dual language contexts at each school before examining the second- through fifth-grade Spanish and English reading biliteracy trajectories. While both campuses’ students experienced… read more here.
Keywords: biliteracy; program distinctive; language; dual language ... See more keywords
The Impact of Mother Tongue Instruction on the Development of Biliteracy: Evidence from Somali–Swedish Bilinguals
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DOI: 10.1093/applin/amx010
Abstract: This study investigates if participation in mother tongue instruction (henceforth MTI) impacts the biliteracy proficiency of young bilinguals, drawing on examples from Somali–Swedish bilinguals and Somali MTI in a Swedish school context. In the study,… read more here.
Keywords: biliteracy; somali swedish; swedish bilinguals; tongue instruction ... See more keywords
Understanding young children’s everyday biliteracy: “Spontaneous” and “scientific” influences on learning
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DOI: 10.1177/1468798417740617
Abstract: This research describes the biliteracy learning of young bilingual children in an English as a Second Language classroom. In particular, it explores factors influencing their biliteracy in a context that provided systematic and formalized instruction… read more here.
Keywords: understanding young; biliteracy; biliteracy spontaneous; young children ... See more keywords