Wake up! You are in the race now

Preschoolers' recreating classic stories in bilingual households

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ID3268905
AuthorsSo Jung Kim (0000-0002-7859-6591, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume33
Issue2
Pages247-270
Publication date2025-09-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/09075682251380626
OpenAlexW4414448447
LanguageEN
References cited29

The present research study explores the intersection of critical literacy, bilingualism, and sociocultural perspectives by examining how critical literacy can be integrated into the reading of classic stories in bilingual households to create supportive family literacy environments. Through the use of multiple case studies, data were collected over three months through multiple sources including observations and interviews with mothers and children. The findings reveal that mother-child conversations in two languages, along with drawing activities, can foster a critical literacy environment in bilingual households, enabling young bilingual children to develop their own perspectives rather than simply accepting the dominant narrative of a story

Critical literacy · Critical race theory · Literacy · Narrative · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Sociocultural evolution · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education Systems and Policy · Multilingual Education and Policy

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