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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459768903321

Autore

Kabuto Bobbie

Titolo

Becoming biliterate : identity, ideology, and learning to read and write in two languages / / Bobbie Kabuto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93425-1

1-136-93426-X

1-282-78126-X

9786612781261

0-203-84643-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

404/.2083

Soggetti

Bilingualism in children

Second language acquisition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction: A New Way of Thinking about Biliteracy; Chapter 2: Emma as a Young Child; Chapter 3: Writing across Writing Systems: Theoretical Approaches; Chapter 4: Writing and Drawing as Active Discovery; Chapter 5: Early Writing as Social Practice: The Self in Action; Chapter 6: Reading as Social Practice: Breaking the Code of Code Switching; Chapter 7: "I Don't Want to Be Japanese Anymore": When Emma Met School; Chapter 8: The Journey of Becoming Biliterate; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through the real-life context of one child learning to be bilingual and biliterate, this book raises questions and provides a context for pre-service and practicing teachers to understand and reflect on how children learn to read and write in multiple languages. Highlighting the social and cognitive advantages of biliteracy, its purpose is to help teachers better understand the complexity by which young children become biliterate as they actively construct meaning and work through tensions resulting from their everyday life circumstances. Perspectives



regarding identity and language ideolog