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ERIC Number: EJ871737
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0553
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"Reading across Communities" in Biliteracy Practices: Examining Translocal Discourses and Cultural Flows in Literature Discussions
Medina, Carmen
Reading Research Quarterly, v45 n1 p40-60 Jan-Mar 2010
The engagement of immigrant children in literature discussion groups in an elementary school classroom in the United States is studied in this article. The analysis shows how the students' responses are embedded in translocal movements across places, time, and people that can be characterized as constructing dynamic cultural flows. The findings are used to envision classroom practices and curricula for response to literature foregrounding reading across communities. In such a curriculum, a space is created for diverse forms of knowledge to be accepted as students make sense of their participation in multiple cultural practices across local and distant places. (Contains 4 tables and 2 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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