Becoming Biliterate : Identity, Ideology, and Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages.

Becoming Biliterate : Identity, Ideology, and Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages.

Raises questions and provides a theoretical foundation and a context for understanding and reflecting on the complexity by which young children learn to read and write in multiple languages as they actively construct meaning and work through tensions resulting from their everyday life circumstances.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kabuto, Bobbie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Subjects:
Bilingualism in children.
Second language acquisition.
Bilingualism in children
Second language acquisition
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction: A New Way of Thinking about Biliteracy; Chapter 2: Emma as a Young Child; Chapter 3: Writing across Writing Systems: Theoretical Approaches; Chapter 4: Writing and Drawing as Active Discovery; Chapter 5: Early Writing as Social Practice: The Self in Action; Chapter 6: Reading as Social Practice: Breaking the Code of Code Switching; Chapter 7: "I Don't Want to Be Japanese Anymore": When Emma Met School; Chapter 8: The Journey of Becoming Biliterate; References; Index.

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