Date of Award
5-2026
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School
College for Community Health
Department/Program
Family Science and Human Development
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
David Schwarzer
Thesis Sponsor/Dissertation Chair/Project Chair
Pearl Stewart
Committee Member
Katia Paz Goldfarb
Abstract
This case study examines the outcomes of The New Family Literacy Intervention (TNFLI), designed for multilingual families and guided by the Phenomenological Variant Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST), multiliteracies, and translingual frameworks. TNFLI addressed the multidimensional needs of multilingual parents and supported their literacy and language practices, with multiliteracies and flexible translingual practices serving as key protective factors in navigating English-dominant and potentially marginalizing environments. Data was collected through interviews, focus groups, observations, and artifacts, and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Findings reveal that multilingual parents had been using these protective factors all along but embraced them more as they progressed in TNFLI and, with their children's support, became more adept at engaging with various English-dominant spaces.
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Recommended Citation
Veloso, Erin M., "The New Family Literacy Intervention and Its Impacts on Multilingual Parents' Literacy Practices" (2026). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 1720.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/1720