Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities
Pakistan is a multilingual community where individuals communicate in more than one language for everyday communication. Literacy practices of young children in schools reflect the literacy practices of the broader social community. Same is the case with the use of literacy practices at homes. The data is collected by answering questions in questionnaires that are answered by the parents. The collected data is from three different social strata of society. The current study analyzes the literacy practices of young children at homes and the way they are associated with the broader social and cultural context. This includes the linguistic and literacy practices of young children during their playtime, their interaction with the members of the family and their exposure to the media and technology. These multilingual literacy practices that are practised at the homes constitute the social and linguistic identity of the individuals in the long run.
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(1) Ambreen Javed
PhD Scholar, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Sarwet Rasul
Associate Professor / Chairperson, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Javed, A., & Rasul, S. (2020). Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities. Global Social Sciences Review, V(IV), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).03
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CHICAGO : Javed, Ambreen, and Sarwet Rasul. 2020. "Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities." Global Social Sciences Review, V (IV): 22-33 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).03
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HARVARD : JAVED, A. & RASUL, S. 2020. Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 22-33.
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MHRA : Javed, Ambreen, and Sarwet Rasul. 2020. "Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 22-33
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MLA : Javed, Ambreen, and Sarwet Rasul. "Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities." Global Social Sciences Review, V.IV (2020): 22-33 Print.
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OXFORD : Javed, Ambreen and Rasul, Sarwet (2020), "Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities", Global Social Sciences Review, V (IV), 22-33
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TURABIAN : Javed, Ambreen, and Sarwet Rasul. "Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Linguistic and Social Identities." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. IV (2020): 22-33. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).03