Abstract Families play a critical role in promoting students' literacy development. Family
literacy practices refer to oral, written, and reading strategies that impart cultural traditions …

Discussing second language acquisition (SLA) from the perspective of one same-nationality
family has been massively conducted. However, the recent study regarding SLA in toddlers …

In this study, we analyze interview data from 17 mothers of Arabic-English multilingual
families to examine their experiences of maintaining their children's Arabic language …

The di/multiglossic nature of Arabic (Kaye, 2001; Ferguson, 1959) often poses a challenge
to educators and parents who wish to transmit Arabic as a heritage language (HL) to their …

Building upon previous research on family language policy, this study explores the
homescape, pertinent to the Chinese home literacy environment within Chinese …

Reading storybooks aloud to prereaders helps them develop oral language skills; but
educators struggle to select appropriate storybooks for read alouds. To better understand …

This study explored the language and literacy practices of multilingual families in Cyprus,
Estonia, Germany, Israel, and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses …

This bilingual qualitative study draws on translingual interviews conducted in 2017 and
2018 with seven Arabic bilingual teachers in Central Ohio, United States. The conceptual …

This chapter describes the role heritage schools play in the transmission of Arabic. Heritage
language schools are often misunderstood as enclaves of isolation from society or as …

This qualitative case study explores the intersection of family literacy, bilingualism, and
critical media literacy by examining how mother-child conversations about children's videos …