ERIC Number: EJ1369777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
EISSN: EISSN-2150-2641
Interactive Digital Book Reading in Families with Refugee Backgrounds
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v36 n4 p648-662 2022
Abundant research has explored interactive book reading and children's literacy learning, but little is known about interactive digital book reading among families with refugee backgrounds. Drawing upon theoretical perspectives on social semiotics multimodality, this study investigates what happens when parents and children with a refugee background read digital children's books multimodally. Data sources include ethnographic interviews, video recordings of family conversations, artifacts, and descriptive field notes based on observations. The findings present three common themes: "selecting books," "meaning making through semiotic resources," and "discussing and learning in two languages." Implications include the importance of valuing digital multimodal and dual-language children's books and acknowledging multiple interactions among parents, siblings, and young children of families with refugee backgrounds.
Descriptors: Refugees, Electronic Books, Childrens Literature, Reading Material Selection, Semiotics, Bilingualism, Parent Child Relationship, Sino Tibetan Languages, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Burma; United States
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