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Exploring the influence of the home literacy environment on early literacy and vocabulary skills in Korean–English bilingual children

Frontiers in Psychology
Studies have emphasized the significance of maintaining a heritage language for various reasons such as the establishment of linguistic and cultural identity, as well as socio-emotional development. Despite the crucial role that literacy development in a
Wi-Jiwoon Kim, Dongsun Yim
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Family Language Policies of Multilingual Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden

Languages, 2023
This study explored the language and literacy practices of multilingual families in Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on the different roles of family members in language transmission in order to
Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Natalia Meir, Sviatlana Karpava, Natalia Ringblom, Anna Ritter   +4 more
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Everyday heritaging: Sino-Muslim literacy adaptation and alienation

International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2022
Abstract What we in this article describe as “Sino-Muslim heritage literacies” have existed in China for as long as there have been Muslims in the region (since the 7th century according to the best evidence). The community’s religious and heritage literacy practices can incorporate a systematic Arabic representation of Chinese, systems ...
Ibrar Bhatt, Heng Wang
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The Role of Media Literacy in Enhancing the Educational Potential of COTS Video Games for Cultural Heritage

Societies
This paper explores the role of media literacy in enhancing the educational potential of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) video games, particularly in the context of cultural heritage education within technology-enhanced learning environments. Rather than
Gabriele Aroni
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
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Future Literacy and Cultural Heritage Education: Integrating Anticipatory Competencies for Adaptive Cultural Sustainability

Encyclopedia
Futures Literacy, as defined and promoted by UNESCO, is the capability to imagine, question, and use the future as a resource for better understanding the present and acting with intention.
Paolo Fusco
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
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Contribution to oral history in 'Peckham's Heritage: Past, Present and Future'

The aim is to showcase different perspectives of Peckham's diverse heritage and includes the oral histories of the local residents. My contribution captures my own personal viewpoints on Peckham extracted from my interview for the South London Gallery's '
Brown, Charmaine, Peckham Heritage Regeneration Partnership   +1 more
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Double Threshold in bi- and multilingual contexts: Preconditions for positive language influence in English as an additional language

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
Bi- and multilingualism has been shown to have positive effects on the attainment of third and additional lan-guages. These effects, however, depend on the type of bi- and multilingualism and the status of the languages involved (Cenoz 2003; Jessner 2006)
Simone eLechner, Peter eSiemund
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