The purpose of this study was to assess students' attitudes toward several aspects of biliteracy within the context of a dual immersion program. Attitudes toward perceived competencies in reading in two languages, along with the social and personal values of literacy in each language (English and Spanish), and the personal and social value of…

Four 6-year-old girls participated in a nonfiction book club during reading/language arts classes. Ten of the sessions featured illustrated nonfiction. The girls' oral and written response to the texts involved telling stories (personal and fictional) and talking facts (literal telling/retelling), with the latter being predominate. The girls were…

The first part of this study explored the form of verbal exchanges in the classroom, the effects of various conditions upon the exchanges between child and adult, and the child's competence in producing questions and narratives. Research was carried out in two first-grade classrooms located in a predominately Hawaiian working-class suburb of…