Second-Generation Bilingual Latina/o/x Children in a Rural Community: Socialization Through Home, School, and Religious Literacies

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Abstract

This study examined how second-generation Latina/o/x children living in an East Texas rural community context developed language through literacy practices. Research is essential in understanding how in rural parts of the United States, second-generation Latina/o/x children develop a degree of bilingualism and biliteracy through the language and literacy practices they engage in at home, school, and the religious community. Using ethnographic methods, the study focused on the language socialization practices of second-generation Latina/o/x children as they engaged in literacies learned and used at home, school, and the religious institution. Findings present how these children engaged in various literacy practices through socialization practices that influenced their heritage language, cultural identity, and biliteracy acquisition.

Authors

• Kenya M. Vargas, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Lucila D. Ek, University of Texas - San Antonio