{"title":"Reading identities as a developmental process: changes in Chinese-English learners from prekindergarten to kindergarten","authors":"Christopher J. Wagner","doi":"10.1080/15235882.2021.1942324","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Reading identities are the ways that a person constructs the self as a reader across contexts and time. This study explores reading identities as a developmental process in multilingual children in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Participants were six children ages three to four participating in a Chinese-English family literacy program over a two year period. Children’s reading identities were examined across years and across children to describe areas of development in how children expressed reading identities. Findings describe areas of growth and stability in the reading development of young children that includes their first years of formal schooling.","PeriodicalId":46530,"journal":{"name":"Bilingual Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"174 - 188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15235882.2021.1942324","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bilingual Research Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15235882.2021.1942324","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"LINGUISTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Reading identities are the ways that a person constructs the self as a reader across contexts and time. This study explores reading identities as a developmental process in multilingual children in prekindergarten and kindergarten. Participants were six children ages three to four participating in a Chinese-English family literacy program over a two year period. Children’s reading identities were examined across years and across children to describe areas of development in how children expressed reading identities. Findings describe areas of growth and stability in the reading development of young children that includes their first years of formal schooling.
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The Bilingual Research Journal is the National Association for Bilingual Education’s premier scholarly, peer-reviewed research publication. Bilingual Research Journal delivers in-depth coverage of education theory and practice, dealing with bilingual education, bilingualism, and language policies in education. Topics include: -Assessment- Biliteracy- Indigenous languages- Language planning- Language politics- Multilingualism- Pedagogical approaches- Policy analysis- Instructional research- Language planning- Second language acquisition. The journal has a strong interest in matters related to the education of language minority children and youth in the United States, grades PreK-12, but articles focusing on other countries are often included if they have implications for bilingual education in the U.S.