Digital biliteracy: Digital technologies as homes for Arab immigrant children's biliteracy development
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[Thesis]
[Thesis]
[Thesis]
Laila Z. Al-Salmi
Smith, Patrick Henry
The University of Texas at El Paso
2014
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Committee members: Mein, Erika L.; Nunez-Mchiri, Guillermina G.
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-55927-9
Ph.D.
Teaching , Learning and Culture
The University of Texas at El Paso
2014
The revolution of digital technologies and children's increasing access to them is impacting the literacy development of children around the world. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between digital technologies and immigrant children's biliteracy development. The purpose of this study was to understand the digital literacy practices of Arab pre-kindergarten children and how these shape biliteracy development in Arabic and English. Tomake sense of the emergent biliteracy of these young participants, the study proposed Digital Biliteracy, a theoretical framework that draws on elements of New Literacy Studies, Multimodal Literacies, Digital Literacies and Situated Learning Theory.
Islamic Studies; Early childhood education; Educational technology
Social sciences;Education;Arabic;Digital biliteracy;Emergent biliteracy;English;Literacy