Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case Study

Through careful observations of and discussions with Safita, a student in an after school global cultures club, the authors illuminate the rich linguistic resources available to children in multilingual communities, as well as their natural curiosity about language and culture as they engage with hi...

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Main Authors: Dorea Kleker, Kathy G. Short, Nicola Daly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures 2021-07-01
Series:WOW Stories
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Online Access:https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/volume-ix-issue-1/4/
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spelling doaj.art-965dc69fa64c4c55b4bb0426fa18d6922022-12-21T23:21:56ZengWorlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and LiteraturesWOW Stories2577-05512021-07-01IX144Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case StudyDorea Kleker0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-2945Kathy G. Short1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9431-366XNicola Daly2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3548-0043University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USAUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USAUniversity of Waikato in Hamilton, New ZealandThrough careful observations of and discussions with Safita, a student in an after school global cultures club, the authors illuminate the rich linguistic resources available to children in multilingual communities, as well as their natural curiosity about language and culture as they engage with high quality texts with multilingual representations.https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/volume-ix-issue-1/4/children's literatureeducationmultilingual texts
spellingShingle Dorea Kleker
Kathy G. Short
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children's literature
education
multilingual texts
title Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case Study
title_full Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case Study
title_fullStr Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case Study
title_short Inquiring about Language through Dual Language Picturebooks: A Case Study
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topic children's literature
education
multilingual texts
url https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/volume-ix-issue-1/4/
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