AREA 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Maneka Deanna Brooks, Texas State University

“A New Language, a New Culture and a New Way of Thinking:” Examining Parental Support of Emerging Bilingual Learners in a Dual-Language Immersion School - Lenny Sanchez, University of South Carolina; Eurydice Bauer, University of South Carolina; Yang Wang, University of South Carolina; Ling Hao, University of South Carolina; Wenyu Guo, University of South Carolina; Kyungjin Hwang, University of South Carolina

Community consciousness: Parallel parent and teacher perceptions of a two-way dual language immersion program - Chris Chang-Bacon, University of Virginia; Eunhye Cho, Boston College; Gabrielle Oliveira, Boston College

Two Latinx Mothers’ Perceptions of Biliteracy Education: Opposite Journeys Navigating la Educación Bilingüe en los Estados Unidos - Norma Monsivais Diers, University of Illinois at Chicago