Pese a que existe un corpus de literatura bien establecido acerca del bilingüismo escolar en español e inglés de los niños latinos en los Estados Unidos, el desarrollo del bialfabetismo y las prácticas relacionadas con la lectoescritura en el hogar han recibido escasa atención por parte de la comunidad de investigación educativa. Es necesario un cambio en esta situación por la utilidad que puede tener para los educadores el conocimiento sobre los recursos lingüísticos y de lectoescritura que hay en el hogar a la hora de mejorar los curricula escolares y de atender mejor las necesidades de un alumnado de gran diversidad cultural y lingüística. Esta investigación sobre las prácticas lingüísticas y de lectoescritura de dos familias mexicanas en el contexto del hogar es nuestra contribución a ese empeño. Los resultados de este estudio sugieren que las interacciones familiares, así como el contexto del hogar en general, son factores cruciales para el impulso al desarrollo del lenguaje oral y de la lecto- escritura tanto en español como en inglés. Una observación importante y repetida a lo largo de nuestro estudio es el andamiaje que los padres emplean en español como parte de sus prácticas de lectoescritura. Además, los niños actúan como agentes en su propio aprendizaje del español, y en el establecimiento de nexos entre éste y sus conocimientos del inglés.
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