Dwy iaith, reo rua: dual-language picturebooks in Aotearoa New Zealand and Cymru Wales

Rosser, Siwan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-3306, Haf, Ilid and Daly, Nicola 2025. Dwy iaith, reo rua: dual-language picturebooks in Aotearoa New Zealand and Cymru Wales. Children's Literature in English Language Education 13 (2) , pp. 118-142.

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Abstract

Research has begun to unpack the complexity and potential impact of picturebooks featuring multiple languages with regard to reflecting, supporting, and growing linguistic diversity in families and educational contexts. Furthermore, studies (Daly, 2019; Smith & Pryor, 2022; Vanderschantz et al., 2022) reveal how the design of dual-language texts involving minority languages can uphold or subvert dominant language ideologies. In order to explore approaches to the function of dual-language picturebooks in bilingual settings and contribute to a critically informed pedagogy, we offer a comparative analysis of the range and variety of dual-language picturebooks in two contexts of linguistic marginalization and recent revitalization: Aotearoa New Zealand and Cymru Wales. Our findings indicate that the way minority languages are positioned in relation to English in dual-language picturebooks can critique or challenge underlying language hierarchies, and critical engagement with these books offers meaningful opportunities to develop critical awareness of language in education.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Welsh
ISSN:	2195-5212
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 December 2025
Date of Acceptance:	1 September 2025
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2025 12:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182762

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