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Taylor-Leech, Kerry – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2022
This paper uses a transnational lens to discuss findings from a longitudinal study of the home literacy practices of linguistically diverse immigrant families. The paper draws on the experiences of three families to show how literacy events and practices index and mediate immigrants' identities as they settle into the host community. Observations,…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Literacy, Immigrants, Self Concept
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Markose, Susan Jacqueline; Simpson, Alyson – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2016
In Australia, students from Chinese and Arabic language backgrounds form the largest minority language groups in the New South Wales (NSW) public school system. Yet the mainstream academic performance of students from these two communities show marked differences in their levels of attainment. This article explores the home literacy practices of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Asians