Teenagers, literacy and school researching in multilingual contexts
This unique and timely book follows the experiences of four Arabic teenagers, their families and their community, focusing on the role of literacy in their daily lives and the differences between home and school. The author looks at the conflict between expectations and practices at school and in th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Taylor & Francis
2006
2006. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429713806719 |
| Summary: | This unique and timely book follows the experiences of four Arabic teenagers, their families and their community, focusing on the role of literacy in their daily lives and the differences between home and school. The author looks at the conflict between expectations and practices at school and in the home, arguing that problems are inevitable where class and cultural differences exist.Emerging themes include:how literacy practices in the community are undergoing rapid change due to global developments in technologyhow the patterns of written and spoken language i |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134220045 9781134220052 9781280549151 9786610549153 9780203015438 |
