Home literacy and agency : an ethnographic approach to studying the home literacy practices of six multiliterate children in Qatar

This study investigated the home literacy practices of six children, aged 5-7 years, who are learning three or more languages and live in Qatar, in a middle-to-upper-middle class context. In particular, the study examined their biliteracy development and explored identity and agency issues. A partic...

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Main Author: Savage-Shepherd, Misti
Published: University of Sheffield 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.575469