Childrens Multilingual Literacy: Fostering Childhood Literacy in Home and Commu [Paperback]

This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in childrens homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early childhood services, so as to promote preschool childrens literacy development in their home languages and English. The book includes rich descriptions of the young childrens lived, multilingual literacy practices in their home and community contexts. This work advances research-based practices for fostering young childrens multilingual literacy and building community capacity in a post-colonial Pasifika context; further, it shares valuable insights into processes and complexities that are inherent to multiliteracy and cross-cultural research.

1 In Fiji.- 2 Language and literacy learning in multilingual settings.- 3 Conceptualising language, literacy and learning as socio-cultural practices.- 4 Research as transformative encounters in cross-cultural collaborations.- 5 Exploring stakeholders perspectives of young childrens multilingual literacy.- 6 In Duavata: Collaborating with children and families in an Indigenous Fijian semi-rural community.- 7 In Dovubaravi: Collaborating with children and families in an Indo-Fijian rural community.- 8 In Wavu: Collaborating with children and families in a culturally diverse community in an urban setting.- 9 Fostering childrens multilingual literacy in home and community settings.- 10 On effective community capacity development and sustainability.The book & contain useful black-and-white photographs to illustrate the research. & It is a user-friendly guide for counsellors, academics, researchers, students and teachers interested in multilingual literacy in children. Written in plain English, it is easy to understand, which increases its usefulness and applicability, also making it a valuable guide for parents. It will help l“%