Rahat Naqvi
University of Calgary
20 Papers
23 Citations
Rahat Naqvi is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: First language & Metalinguistic awareness. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 20 publications.
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Papers
Dual-language books as an emergent-literacy resource: Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analysed culturally and linguistically responsive teaching and learning in dual-language book reading vignettes to demonstrate how teachers and volunteer readers build on linguistic and cultural repertoires of emergent-literacy learners to help them gain metalinguistic awareness, cultural empowerment and identities as capable learners.
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Gender, religion, and sociopolitical issues in cross-cultural online education
TL;DR: It is suggested that cross-cultural discussions need to be facilitated actively to transform learners’ frames of reference, create critical consciousness, and develop cultural competence.
Identity Text: an educational intervention to foster cultural interaction
TL;DR: The findings of this study suggest that it is a useful pedagogical strategy to support cross-cultural education.
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Evolving 50–50% bilingual pedagogy in Alberta: what does the research say?
TL;DR: The framework for bilingual pedagogy in Alberta is conceptualized from the research evidence of three local case studies, and is based on the centrality of cross-linguistic transfer, in relation to linguistic interdependence and bilingual learning.
Living Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom: A Teacher Inductee Explores Dual Language Books
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address strategies for promoting culturally responsive pedagogy through the implementation of a language awareness curriculum that includes a structured reading intervention program using dual language books, and examine how their involvement with this project prepared them to work with and teach in a multilingual/multicultural setting of diverse learners.
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