出版社：Australian Institutes for Educational Research
摘要：Bilingual literature for children is valuable in encouraging literacy in second languagelearners. Stories can enhance vocabulary and language abilities, learning encounters,subject content, social aptitude, and other skills in the early reader through text as well asillustrations. This paper explores issues in selecting quality dual language picture bookswith the aim of deepening understanding of what is meant by ‘quality’ dual languagebooks, in terms of text quality, specifically translation accuracy, cultural relevance andbook information. Four English/Arabic bilingual children books were evaluated by threeraters from different backgrounds. A mixed method approach was followed to combinequalitative evaluations of these books with quantitative scores based on inter-raterreliability. Findings highlight the importance of interplay between picture and verbal textin picture books, urging educators to give more explicit attention to illustrations in anyevaluation of text quality in picture books.
