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Zou, Ying – Children's Literature in Education, 2023
Didacticism is an indispensable factor in the study of children's literature, not only within the text, but also within activities such as choosing books. This article explores didacticism in children's literature and the parent-child power structure within the relatively unexplored area of the book choices of Chinese parents and children who read…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Parents, Childrens Literature
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Liu, Yingsheng – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2022
This study investigated Chinese parents' experiences of reading English storybooks to their preschool children. While the spread of English as a global language is associated with an increasing emphasis on English education, few studies have examined its impact on the early home literacy practices in non-English speaking countries. With the most…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Parent Child Relationship, Reading Aloud to Others, Language Attitudes
Scholastic Inc., 2020
In April 2020, Scholastic, together with YouGov, conducted a survey to explore aspirations, family attitudes and behaviors around reading in China. The key findings of this research, based on a nationally representative sample of 1,210 parents and children, including 509 parents of children aged 0-5; and 701 parents of children aged 6-17, are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Habits, Reading Aloud to Others, Oral Reading
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Sun, Lina – Multicultural Education, 2016
Interracial and multi-ethnic families formed through intermarriage and transracial adoption are on the rise in the context of globalization, transforming familiar assumptions about what a family should be. The trend of diversity in family composition is increasing and will continue to evolve. This article attempts to compile a set of useful…
Descriptors: Adoption, Multiracial Persons, Family Characteristics, Marriage
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Haiyan, Miao; Rilong, Liu – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper outlines the alignment-oriented approach in classroom EFL writing. Based on a review of the characteristics of the written language and comparison between the product-focused approach and the process-focused approach, the paper proposes a practical classroom procedure as to how to teach EFL writing. A follow-up empirical study is…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Writing (Composition), Alignment (Education), Written Language
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Ashmore, Rhea A. – Journal of Reading Education, 2002
Explores the literary themes present in the stories in the "Texts for Nine-Year Compulsory Education: Chinese," grade 1-3. Notes that these textbooks are currently used in Shanghai public elementary schools in the People's Republic of China (PRC) for instruction in the Mandarin dialect of the Chinese language. Concludes that the themes…
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Culture, Content Analysis, Elementary Education