NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Said, Fatma F. S. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2021
The paper describes the role parental language ideology and the home literacy environment play in heritage language (HL) literacy learning of bilingual Arabic-English-speaking children in the UK. Information about the under-reported literacy practices of Arabic-English-speaking families will enhance current knowledge about HL literacy practices…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Semitic Languages, English, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hirst, Kath; Hannon, Peter; Nutbrown, Cathy – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2010
This article reports a multi-method evaluation of a one-year small-scale preschool family literacy programme with bilingual Pakistani-origin families in the UK. The programme was implemented mostly through home visits and included provision of literacy resources, some postal communication and group meetings. The study was conducted in…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Siblings, Home Visits, Family Literacy
Bird, Viv – 2002
This paper delineates a family literacy symposium in which the five participants discussed their different perspectives which reflected their particular viewpoints and pathways through family literacy in the past 10-20 years. Peter Hannon's contribution concerned the development of family literacy practice and research in England, in which he…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingualism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices