Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Durgunoğlu, Aydin Yücesan.
2. Verhoeven, Ludo Th.

Description

1. xviii, 308 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

1. Literacy > Cross-cultural studies
2. Multilingualism > Cross-cultural studies
3. Education, Bilingual > Cross-cultural studies
4. Second language acquisition > Cross-cultural studies
5. Education, Bilingual
6. Literacy
7. Multilingualism
8. Second language acquisition
9. Alfabetisme
10. Meertaligheid
11. Interculturele vergelijking
12. Langue seconde > Acquisition
13. Multilinguisme
14. Enseignement bilingue

Genre/Form

1. Cross-cultural studies.

Contents

1. Introduction: perspectives on literacy development in multilingual contexts / Ludo Verhoeven and Aydin Yücesan Durgunoğlu -- pt. 1. Anthropological perspective: the individual and society. Minority L1 literacy in Sweden and Karelia: challenges and strategies / Stefan M. Pugh ; Literacy in developing societies: native language versus national language literacy / Victoria J. Baker ; Literacies in the lives of young Gujarati speakers in Leicester / Marilyn Martin-Jones and Arvind Bhatt ; Literacy and bilingualism in a Cambodian community in the USA / Joel Hardman -- pt. 2. Psychological perspective: the development of the individual. Component processes in becoming English-Hebrew biliterate / Esther Geva and Lesly Wade-Woolley ; Attaining functional biliteracy in the Netherlands / Ludo Verhoeven and Rian Aarts ; Acquiring literacy in English and Spanish in the United States / Aydin Yücesan Durgunoğlu ; Literacy training for linguistic minorities in Norway / Anne Hvenekilde -- pt. 3. Educational perspective: the individual and schooling. Putting second language first: language and literacy learning in Morocco / Daniel A. Wagner ; Acquisition of literacy in multilingual contexts in Danish schools / J. Normann Jørgensen and Bergthóra S. Kristjánsdóttir ; The acquisition of literacy by immigrant children in Sweden / Sally Boyd and Gunnel Arvidsson ; Learning to read in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese / Insup Taylor ; Sabaq: context of learning literacy for girls in rural Pakistan / Iffat Farah ; Early writing acquisition in Catalan and Israeli communities / Liliana Tolchinsky -- Epilogue: multilingualism and literacy development across different cultures / Aydin Yücesan Durgunoğlu and Ludo Verhoeven.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.