This book explores the question of family language policy in multilingual households. Presenting six case studies which focus on the experiences of parents and children in French-English bilingual contexts, the author draws conclusions about the impact of parental language manag…
"This important book urges readers to reconsider proficiency-oriented definitions of 'success within family language policy. Instead, Wilson calls our attention to the well-being of the transnational family and the experiences of children growing up within transnational families…
This work provides current and informative guidance for practitioners involved in areas of literacy, multilingualism and dyslexia. It includes advice on assessment and support for bilingual learners and on learning additional languages.
This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in children's homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early ch…
Children's multilingual literacy: fostering childhood literacy in home and communit…
by Harris, Pauline, (Professor of education), Brock, Cynthia H., McInnes, Elspeth, Neill, Bec, Diamond, Alexandra, Carter, Jenni, Camaitoga, Ufemia, Krishna, Meresiana, Giannakis, Eleni
fromInternational perspectives on early childhood education and…
This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in children's homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early ch…
"Childhood multilingualism has become a norm rather than an exception. This is the first handbook to survey state-of-the-art research on the uniqueness of early multilingual development in children growing up with more than two languages in contact. It provides in-depth accounts…
"Childhood multilingualism has become a norm rather than an exception. This is the first handbook to survey state-of-the-art research on the uniqueness of early multilingual development in children growing up with more than two languages in contact. It provides in-depth accounts…
1. The necessity of feeling "out of place" : New York-Seoul-New York (1978-1992) -- 2. A critical reflexive narrative account -- 3. The ordinariness of polyphony : Beijing (1993-2000) -- 3, Troubling data -- 5. Heteroglossic becomings : Tokyo (2000-2007) -- 6. Giving an account …
Showcasing a new methodology in language learning and identity research, this carefully conceptualized, innovative book explicates the use of autoethnography as a way of re-imagining one's sense of linguistic and cultural identity. A key work for researchers and students in Appl…
Showcasing a new methodology in language learning and identity research, this carefully conceptualized, innovative book explicates the use of autoethnography as a way of re-imagining one's sense of linguistic and cultural identity. A key work for researchers and students in Appl…
Showcasing a new methodology in language learning and identity research, this carefully conceptualized, innovative book explicates the use of autoethnography as a way of re-imagining one's sense of linguistic and cultural identity. A key work for researchers and students in Appl…