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Title:	An ethnographic study of home literacy practices among Jordanian families in Malaysia
Authors:	Mustafa Taha Aloqaili (P66639)
Supervisor:	Radha M.K. Nambiar, Prof. Dr.
Keywords:	Literacy Skill Sociocultural Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia -- Dissertations
Issue Date:	10-Jan-2017
Description:	Literacy today is no longer viewed as a solo skill or technical skills learned in educational settings but is considered as multiple skills learned in social and cultural settings as well. Taking a sociocultural perspective to showcase the social and cultural aspects and practices of learning in diverse contexts like home and society, this qualitative study explores how Jordanian postgraduate students and their families adjust their home literacy practices to cope and survive in Malaysia. Using ethnographic research procedures such as interviews, observations and field notes together with documentary evidence in the form of photographs; data were collected from four Jordanian families over a one-year period. The data on their literacy practices were categorized, contrasted and grouped according to each family member, family members as one unit and the four families as one unit. The findings revealed that literacy practices are composed of main and sub-literacy practices and functions that crossed and integrated with literacy practices and functions simultaneously. The findings indicated that mothers and siblings played the most important role in children home literacy learning and scaffolding is multidirectional rather than unidirectional between the parents and children and even the siblings themselves. Moreover, social and religious literacy practices were found to be the most frequent and prevalent practices performed in Arabic language only while only academic matters were done in English and educational, numerical, mathematical and technological practices were carried out in both languages. Political literacy practices were found to be less frequent and prevalent practices performed in Arabic language only while geographical in English only and medical, daily living, financial, work related and entertainment in both languages. The findings imply that parents are not the only mediators for the literacy practices of their children as peers did mediate in the literacy practices as well.,Ph.D.
Pages:	237
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan

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