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Direct linkDesJardin, Jean L.; Stika, Carren J.; Eisenberg, Laurie S.; Johnson, Karen C.; Ganguly, Dianne Hammes; Henning, Shirley C. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2023
Home literacy experiences and observed parent and child behaviors during shared book reading were investigated in preschool-age children with hearing loss and with typical hearing to examine the relationships between those factors and children's language skills. The methods involved parent-reported home literacy experiences and videotaped…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Preschool Children, Hearing Impairments, Child Language
McHolme, Lindsay – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States, adult education for emergent multilingual language learners (EMLL) is governed by the American Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The AEFLA defines literacy as an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in "English." This definition erases the multilingual and multicultural assets that adult EMLLs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Download full textPrins, Esther; Stickel, Tabitha; Kaiper-Marquez, Anna – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2020
In response to rising parental incarceration, some correctional facilities and outside organizations offer family literacy programs for parents in prison. However, research on these correctional education initiatives is scant. This paper uses qualitative data to analyze how 11 fathers in a rural Pennsylvania prison were involved in their…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Fathers, Rural Areas
Yang, Shuling; Kiramba, Lydiah Kananu; Wessels, Stephanie – Bilingual Research Journal, 2021
This is a qualitative case study that explores conversational interactions during book-reading practices in a Mandarin-speaking Chinese American family between the mother and her two young children. The study employs a sociocultural lens and the concept of translanguaging to describe the characteristics of interactional practices during book…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage
Overton, Ashley Good – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this concurrent, mixed-methods study was to investigate the implementation of the non-presumptuous literacy bag program as a critical component of increasing parental involvement in rural Appalachia schools related to student literacy achievement. The program was designed to increase parental involvement in book readings and related…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Mixed Methods Research, Teaching Methods, Parent Participation
Dixon, L. Quentin; Wu, Shuang – Language Teaching, 2014
Because certain home language and literacy practices have been found to be beneficial to monolingual children's literacy development, we examine immigrant children's home language and literacy practices in different countries. Presenting findings from 92 post-2000 articles, we examine research into these practices, what factors influence…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Immigrants, Literacy
