Publications

Publication details [#39791]

Cruickshank, Ken. 2004. Literacy in Multilingual Contexts: Change in Teenagers' Reading and Writing. Language & Education 18 (6) : 459–473.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

family conversation | language and culture | literacy | multilingualism | teenager

Language as a subject

Arabic | English, Australian

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study of the home literacy practices of four teenagers belonging to Arabic-speaking families in Sydney, indicates that literacy practices in multilingual contexts are dynamic and rapidly developing in response to technological and cultural change.