Sumaya Saqr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3530765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sumaya Saqr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sumaya |
| FAMILY NAME | Saqr |
| SIGNATURE | SAQR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emirates College for Advanced Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0295-533X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practice
This project sought to increase fathers’ involvement in their children’s literacy development through interactive shared reading at home. Parent–child home reading is not a traditional practice in the UAE, and reading attainment is below international standards for children attending state schools. During workshops in Kindergarten schools, simple techniques were shared with fathers for reading picture books in Arabic and English with their biling…
Language usage during shared reading—family communication as implicit plurilingual family language policy
This brief research report explores the language choices of Emirati fathers when sharing reading with their young children, and discusses how implicit plurilingual family language policies may be expressed through these choices. Participants’ responses were shared via WhatsApp messages following on from workshops provided by the team which offered tips for sharing reading. Fathers’ reported language choices for communicating via shared reading pr…
The joy of reading – Emirati fathers’ insights into shared reading with young children in a multilingual context
The Affordances and Constraints of Supporting Father-Child Shared Reading in the Multilingual Emirates
This paper reports on the affordances and constraints encountered in the case of an innovative project designed to support early literacy development in Arabic and English while enhancing father-child wellbeing in Abu Dhabi. The project sought to encourage Emirati fathers to engage in interactive shared book reading at home with their young children. In a context where adult-child home reading is not a traditional practice and where children's re…
The joy of reading – Emirati fathers’ insights into shared reading with young children in a multilingual context
The Affordances and Constraints of Supporting Father-Child Shared Reading in the Multilingual Emirates
This paper reports on the affordances and constraints encountered in the case of an innovative project designed to support early literacy development in Arabic and English while enhancing father-child wellbeing in Abu Dhabi. The project sought to encourage Emirati fathers to engage in interactive shared book reading at home with their young children. In a context where adult-child home reading is not a traditional practice and where children's re…
“Come back home early and read for us!” Enabling father-child shared reading in policy and practice
This project sought to increase fathers’ involvement in their children’s literacy development through interactive shared reading at home. Parent–child home reading is not a traditional practice in the UAE, and reading attainment is below international standards for children attending state schools. During workshops in Kindergarten schools, simple techniques were shared with fathers for reading picture books in Arabic and English with their biling…
Language usage during shared reading—family communication as implicit plurilingual family language policy
This brief research report explores the language choices of Emirati fathers when sharing reading with their young children, and discusses how implicit plurilingual family language policies may be expressed through these choices. Participants’ responses were shared via WhatsApp messages following on from workshops provided by the team which offered tips for sharing reading. Fathers’ reported language choices for communicating via shared reading pr…
The joy of reading – Emirati fathers’ insights into shared reading with young children in a multilingual context
The Affordances and Constraints of Supporting Father-Child Shared Reading in the Multilingual Emirates
This paper reports on the affordances and constraints encountered in the case of an innovative project designed to support early literacy development in Arabic and English while enhancing father-child wellbeing in Abu Dhabi. The project sought to encourage Emirati fathers to engage in interactive shared book reading at home with their young children. In a context where adult-child home reading is not a traditional practice and where children's re…
Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Reading (process (2 works) · Affordance (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works)