1st Edition

Becoming Bilingual Readers Identity, Translanguaging, and Biographic Biliteracy Profiles

By Bobbie Kabuto Copyright 2022
134 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

134 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Building on Bobbie Kabuto’s groundbreaking 2010 book Becoming Biliterate , this book explores how identity impacts the development of bilingual readers and how reading practices are mediated by family and community contexts. Highlighting bilingual readers from Spanish, Greek, Japanese, and English language backgrounds, Kabuto offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of these readers’... Read more

(Re)Introduction to Becoming Biliterate

Chapter 1: Culturally Relevant Assessment Practices for Linguistically Diverse Readers

Chapter 2: Laying the Groundwork for Biographic Biliteracy Profiles

Chapter 3: Profiles of Reading in a Translanguaging Context

Chapter 4: Profiles of Code-Switching in a Translanguaging Context

Chapter 5: Profiles of Bilingual Reading Identities and Abilities

Chapter 6: Biographic Biliteracy Profiles: Implications for Creating Culturally Relevant Assessment Practices

Appendix A

Appendix B

Biography

Bobbie Kabuto is Professor of Literacy Education and Department Chair of the Elementary and Early Childhood Education Department at Queens College, City University of New York, USA.