Literacy Development in A Multilingual Context: Cross-cultural Perspectives

, by Durgunoglu, Aydin Y.; Verhoeven, Ludo

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ISBN: 9780805824421 | 0805824421
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/1/1998

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This volume examines the political, social, and educational implications of acquiring literacy skills in more than one language. For educators, theoretical and applied linguists, socio- and psycho-linguists, sociologists, and anthropologists.

INTRODUCTION: Perspectives on Literacy Development in Multilingual Contexts

Ludo Verhoeven

Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu

I Anthropological Perspective: The Individual and Society

(82)

1 Minority L 1 Literacy in Sweden and Karelia: Challenges and Strategies

(18)

Stefan M. Pugh

2 Literacy in Developing Societies: Native Language Versus National Language Literacy

(16)

Victoria J. Baker

3 Literacies in the Lives of Young Gujarati Speakers in Leicester

(14)

Marilyn Martin-Jones

Arvind Bhatt

4 Literacy and Bilingualism in a Cambodian Community in the USA

(32)

Joel Hardman

II Psychological Perspective: The Development of the Individual

(84)

5 Component Processes in Becoming English-Hebrew Biliterate

(26)

Esther Geva

Lesly Wade-Woolley

6 Attaining Functional Biliteracy in the Netherlands

111

(24)

Ludo Verhoeven

Rian Aarts

7 Acquiring Literacy in English and Spanish in the United States

135

(12)

Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu

8 Literacy Training for Linguistic Minorities in Norway

147

(20)

Anne Hvenekilde

III Educational Perspective: The Individual and Schooling

167

(122)

9 Putting Second Language First: Language and Literacy Learning in Morocco

169

(16)

Daniel A. Wagner

10 Acquisition of Literacy in Multilingual Contexts in Danish Schools

185

(18)

J. Normann Jorgensen

Bergthora S. Kristjansdottir

11 The Acquisition of Literacy by Immigrant Children in Sweden

203

(22)

Sally Boyd

Gunnel Arvidsson

12 Learning to Read in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese

225

(24)

Insup Taylor

13 Sabaq: Context of Learning Literacy for Girls in Rural Pakistan

249

(18)

Iffat Farah

14 Early Writing Acquisition in Catalan and Israeli Communities

267

(22)

Liliana Tolchinsky

EPILOGUE: Multilingualism and Literacy Development Across Different Cultures

289

(10)

Aydin Yucesan Durgunoglu

Ludo Verhoeven

Author Index

299

(6)

Subject Index

305

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Literacy Development in A Multilingual Context: Cross-cultural Perspectives

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