Empowering immigrant women through bilingual fairy tales: Linking family and school literacy practices [Empoderar mujeres inmigrantes a través de los cuentos bilingües: Trazando puentes entre las prácticas de alfabetización en la familia y la escuela]

Cultura y Educacion
Volume 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 203-210

Empowering immigrant women through bilingual fairy tales: Linking family and school literacy practices [Empoderar mujeres inmigrantes a través de los cuentos bilingües: Trazando puentes entre las prácticas de alfabetización en la familia y la escuela] (Article)

Oller J.*

^a Universitat de Girona, Departamento de Psicología, Pl. Sant Domènec, 9, 17071 Girona, Spain

Abstract

This paper presents the theoretical and methodological foundations of the Teixint Cultures 'Weaving Cultures Together' project: a communitarian research-action programme aimed at providing literacy skills in Catalan for African immigrant women, which uses their 'Funds of Knowledge' to develop bilingual books in Catalan, Arabic and Mandinka for their children. The results show the benefits of implementing projects that promote literacy activities at home as well as the empowerment of immigrant women. © 2014 Fundacion Infancia y Aprendizaje.

Author Keywords

Second language learning Bilingual fairy tales Adult education empowerment Immigration

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84900990448&doi=10.1080%2f11356405.2014.908669&partnerID=40&md5=c13e9946c6ed4c9998a20cb5bbe1dd92

DOI: 10.1080/11356405.2014.908669

ISSN: 11356405

Cited by: 3

Original Language: English; Spanish