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This paper reports a 2019 qualitative case study in a French immersion classroom with increasing linguistic diversity, examining whether Storybooks Canada—a free digital platform with 40 dual language books in multiple languages—enhances literacy engagement and home-school connections. 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This paper details a research project we completed in a 2019 classroom-based qualitative case study in a French immersion school experiencing an increasing enrollment of linguistically diverse students. The researchers sought to determine if Storybooks Canada, a free digital platform with 40 dual language books in multiple languages, could help promote literacy engagement and strengthen home-school connections. Five teacher participants identified a range of features that make the platform a useful resource for promoting literacy engagement, text comprehension, learner autonomy, meaning-making, and instructional differentiation. These included (i) the multilingual features,(ii) the ability to project stories on a large screen,(iii) the audio component,(iv) the illustrations, and (v) the different levels of text difficulty. While teachers made almost exclusive use of the French language features of the site, for classroom purposes, they supported cross-linguistic uses of the platform in the home context, with a view of strengthening home-school connections.  \nRésumé  \nEn réponse à la diversité ethnique, culturelle et linguistique croissante présente actuellementau Canada, les éducateurs des classes d’immersion française y répondent de plus en plus en établissant des initiatives interlinguistiques améliorées. Par example, les livres bilingues sontdes ressources prometteuses pour la promotion du multilinguisme (Zaidi, 2020; Zaidi et Dooley, 2021) . Cet article détaille un projet de recherche réalisé en 2019 grâce à une étude de cas qualitative dans un école d’immersion française qui connait une augmentation du nombre d’élèves linguistiquement diversifiés. Les chercheurs ont cherché à déterminer si Storybooks Canada, un plateforme numérique gratuite avec 40 livres bilingues en plusiers langues, pourrait aider à promouvoir l’engagement en matière d’alpabétisation et à renforcer les liens entre la maison et lécole. Cinq ensignants participants ont identifié une gamme de caractéristiques qui font de la plateforme une ressource utile pour promouvoir l’engagement  \nCanadian Journal of Applied Linguistics: 25, 1 (2022): 64-87  \nCJAL * RCLA Zaidi, Metcalfe & Norton 65  \nen littératie, la compréhension de texte, l’autonomie de l’apprenant, la création de sens et la différenciation pédagogique. Ceux-ci comprenaient (i) les fonctionnalités multilingues,(ii) la possibilité de projeter des hitoires sur un grand écran,(iii) la composante audio,(iv) les illustrations et (v) les différents niveaux de difficulté du texte. Bien que les enseignant aient utilisé presque exclusivement les caractéristiques en français du site, dans le cadre de la salle de classe, ils ont appuyé les utilisations interlinguistiques de la platforme dans le contexte familial, avec le but de renforcer les liens entre la maison et l’école.  \nDual Language Books Go Digital: Storybooks Canada in French Immersion Schools  \nand Homes  \nAmong the diverse initiatives that support multilingual teaching in Canadian classrooms, dual language books have demonstrated considerable potential for building connections between school and home languages (Cummins, 2019; Darvin & Norton, 2014). Dual language books have a story told in two languages, and studies have found successful cross-linguistic strategies using such books, specifically as they relate to literacy acquisition (Naqvi et al., 2012; Zaidi, 2018, 2020) . Similarly, a digital story using a ","cbCaisf8uqDwTQRg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisf8uqDwTQRg","pdf",307579,24,"English","# Abstract\n# Résumé\n# Introduction\n## Purpose and research questions\n## Overview of Storybooks Canada","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study reported in this paper?\",\"answer\":\"The study examines whether Storybooks Canada can promote literacy engagement and strengthen connections between linguistically diverse homes and French immersion schools.\"},{\"question\":\"What features of Storybooks Canada do teachers find most useful?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers highlighted multilingual features, large-screen projection, the audio component, illustrations, and different text difficulty levels to support engagement and comprehension.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Storybooks Canada support multilingual learning in the classroom and at home?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers used the French-language site features mainly in class, while supporting cross-linguistic uses in the home context to reinforce home-school connections.\"}]","Dual Language Books Go Digital - Storybooks Canada in French Immersion Schools and Homes | PDF",1792082705]