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Literacy development in a multilingual context : cross-cultural perspectives

Title
Literacy development in a multilingual context : cross-cultural perspectives / edited by Aydin Yücesan Durgunoğlu, Ludo Verhoeven.
Publication
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.

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Book/TextUse in library LC149 .L49836 1998Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Durgunoğlu, Aydin Yücesan.
  • Verhoeven, Ludo Th.
Description
xviii, 308 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Literacy > Cross-cultural studies
  • Multilingualism > Cross-cultural studies
  • Education, Bilingual > Cross-cultural studies
  • Second language acquisition > Cross-cultural studies
  • Education, Bilingual
  • Literacy
  • Multilingualism
  • Second language acquisition
  • Alfabetisme
  • Meertaligheid
  • Interculturele vergelijking
  • Langue seconde > Acquisition
  • Multilinguisme
  • Enseignement bilingue
Genre/Form
Cross-cultural studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0805824421
  • 9780805824421
  • 080582443X
  • 9780805824438
LCCN
97043202
OCLC
  • ocm37863993
  • 37863993
  • SCSB-8908340
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library