Home Language and Literacy Practices of Temporary Immigrant African Families in the United States

• In Event: Language and Literacy Practices

Abstract

Increased migration creates a new reality and diverse ways that individuals communicate (Castles as cited in Banks, 2017). The new reality is coupled with increased bi/multilingualism and technological advancement (Breuer et al.,2021). Research should investigate both schooled and home literacy practices.Song (2016) reports that limited research has explored the home as a context for literacy development. This case study uses a qualitative approach to explore five temporary immigrant African families' language and literacy practices and how parents support their children's bilingual and biliteracy journeys. Findings from the study indicate that temporary immigrant families engage in a range of multimodal literacy practices in the meaning-making process, and family members, including parents, are very influential in the literacy development process.

Author

• Purity Namisoho Wawire, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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