East Is East, West Is West?: Home Literacy, Culture, and Schooling
Focusing on four Chinese immigrant children's intersecting worlds of home literacy, culture, and schooling, Guofang Li brings the reader into the inner worlds of these children and their families through an ethnographic lens. Centering on the meanings that these children's home literacy practices and their beliefs about literacy have brought upon their school experiences, this book documents the complex, multifaceted nature of the different literacy practices of these children in their...
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Li (education, State U. of New York at Buffalo) examines the experiences of four Chinese immigrant children and their families adjusting to daily life and schooling in Saskatoon, Canada, with a specific focus on the interrelationship between literacy and culture. She analyzes the meaning of schooling with reference to the children's home literacy experiences and their parents' perspectives, and the influence of the parents' cultural values on their children's literacy learning. She concludes that home literacy practices are complex and multifaceted, and offers suggestions for classroom teachers, policy makers, and immigrant parents. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Literacy, Learning, and Cross-cultural Schooling112Unfolding the Stories353Yang: The New Boy on the Block454Yue: Tuning to the New Rhythm755Derin: "I Can't!"1036Amy: "I Want to Learn A, B, C!"1197Home Literacy: What It Is and What It Means1298The Meaning of Schooling in a Cross-cultural Context1559Back to the School Setting and Beyond: Learning from the Children167Epilogue: The Journey Continues191Appendix A: Research Methods193Bibliography203Index219
