Navigating multiple multilingual spaces at home and in the day care centre: a case-study in Luxembourg

[en] Mismatches between language and literacy practices at home and in day care centres can negatively influence children’s development. This article examines a young child’s engagement in literacy activities in multiple languages at home and in a centre in Luxembourg, as well as his meaning-making of these differing practices. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, the study shows that the language and literacy experiences, supported by collaborative home-centre relationships, fostered Etienne’s language and literacy development. The findings highlight the role of the centre’s translanguaging practices which enabled the child to connect experiences across settings and prompted the adults to reflect on their practices and language ideologies. The study underscores the importance of parental and educator collaboration to bridge potential gaps and promote children’s learning and well-being.

Precision for document type :

Analysis of case law/Statutory reports

Disciplines :

Education & instruction

Author, co-author :

KIRSCH, Claudine ; University of Luxembourg

External co-authors :

Language :

English

Title :

Navigating multiple multilingual spaces at home and in the day care centre: a case-study in Luxembourg

Publication date :

10 November 2025

Journal title :

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

ISSN :

0143-4632

eISSN :

1747-7557

Publisher :

Informa UK Limited

Special issue title :

Multilingualism and multimodality in family literacies

Pages :

1-12

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01434632.2025.2580558

FnR Project :

FNR13552634 - COMPARE - Collaboration With Parents And Multiliteracy In Early Childhood Education, 2019 (15/06/2020-14/06/2023) - Claudine Kirsch

Funders :

Luxembourg National Research Fund
Ministry of Education, Childhood and Youth

Funding number :

FNR13552634

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