Literacy Development in a Multilingual Context: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (Hardcover)

Contents: L. Verhoeven, A.Y. Durgunoglu, Introduction: Perspectives on Literacy Development in Multilingual Contexts. Part I:Anthropological Perspective: The Individual and Society. S.M. Pugh, Minority L1 Literacy in Sweden and Karelia: Challenges and Strategies. V.J. Baker, Literacy in Developing Societies: Native Language Versus National Language Literacy. M. Martin-Jones, A. Bhatt, Literacies in the Lives of Young Gujarati-Speakers in Leicester. J. Hardman, Literacy and Bilingualism in a Cambodian Community in the USA. Part II:Psychological Perspective: The Development of the Individual. E. Geva, L. Wade-Woolley, Component Processes in Becoming English-Hebrew Biliterate. L. Verhoeven, R. Aarts, Attaining Functional Biliteracy in the Netherlands. A.Y. Durgunoglu.Acquiring Literacy in English and Spanish in the United States. A. Hvenekilde, Literacy Training for Linguistic Minorities in Norway. Part III:Educational Perspective: The Individual and Schooling. D.A. Wagner, Putting Second Language First: Language and Literacy Learning in Morocco. J.N. Jørgensen, B.S. Kristjánsdóttir, Acquisition of Literacy in Multilingual Contexts in Danish Schools. S. Boyd, G. Arvidsson, The Acquisition of Literacy by Immigrant Children in Sweden. I. Taylor, Learning to Read in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. I. Farah, Sabaq: Context of Learning Literacy for Girls in Rural Pakistan. L. Tolchinsky, Early Writing Acquisition in Catalan and Israeli Communities. A.Y. Durgunoglu, L. Verhoeven, Epilogue: Multilingualism and Literacy Development Across Different Cultures.