What is Biliteracy

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The ability to read and write in more than one language (also referred to as multiliteracy). Learn more in: Using Materials in Refugee and Immigrant Adults' Heritage Languages in Instruction: Challenges and Guidance for Teachers and Tutors

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Reading and writing skills in two or more languages. Learn more in: Family-Centered Intervention for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Multilingual Learners

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A person’s ability to read and write in two languages. Learn more in: Creating Space for Dynamic Language Use: Cultivating Literacy Development through Translanguaging Pedagogy in EAL Classrooms

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The ability to read and write in more than one language. Learn more in: Orthographic Learning: A Multilingual Perspective

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The skill to read and write proficiently in two languages. Learn more in: Preserving the Mother Tongue of English Language Learners

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The use and or development of two writing systems for communication. Learn more in: My Friends and Family: Heroes and “Sheroes”

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(Coined by Maryann Wolf) The ability to adapt to the speed of digital information alongside deep reading and critical thinking. Learn more in: Learning Environments: Physical Classrooms or Virtual Worlds

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The ability to read and write capably in two languages (Korean and English in this chapter). Learn more in: Korean Immigrant Parents' Involvement in Children's Biliteracy Development in the U.S. Context

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The ability to interpret and produce written forms of language in more than one code, as well as the practices that embody this ability. Learn more in: Biliteracy and Human Capital in Texas Border Colonias

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Is the interrelationship between lingualism and literacy which is the ability to decode and encode written format, comprehend, read, and even speak fluently in two languages (Reyes, 2012). Learn more in: Mi Lengua Madre