Relationships between Family Literacy Practices and Successful School Performance in Learning Languages

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

According to a lot of people, home literacy practices are closely related to language learners’ school performance. Therefore, for more successful language learning the relationships between both of them are required to investigate. In this study, particularly the relationships between home literacy practices and school performance in bilingual and multilingual contexts have demonstrated. A variety of literacy practices involving family literacy practices, community cultural literacy, and social background were discussed. A number of studies showed that family literacy practices in first and second languages influence language learners’ literacy learning and school performance positively or negatively. Thus, the role of families and parents at home for language-minority learners’ literacy development and academic success in school might be very important.

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