Literacy as translingual practice : between communities and classrooms / edited by A. Suresh Canagarajah.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Canagarajah, A. Suresh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Social aspects.

Multilingualism.

Literacy--Social aspects.

Literacy.

English language--Globalization.

English language.

Intercultural communication.

Second language acquisition.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

vii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

The term translingual highlights the reality that people always shuttle across languages, communicate in hybrid languages and, thus, enjoy multilingual competence. In the context of migration, transnational economic and cultural relations, digital communication, and globalism, increasing contact is taking place between languages and communities. In these contact zones new genres of writing and new textual conventions are emerging that go beyond traditional dichotomies that treat languages as separated from each other, and texts and writers as determined by one language or the other. Pushing forward a translingual orientation to writing-one that is in tune with the new literacies and communicative practices flowing into writing classrooms and demanding new pedagogies and policies- this volume is structured around five concerns: refining the theoretical premises, learning from community practices, debating the role of code meshed products, identifying new research directions, and developing sound pedagogical applications. These themes are explored by leading scholars from L1 and L2 composition, rhetoric and applied linguistics, education theory and classroom practice, and diverse ethnic rhetorics. Timely and much needed, Literacy as Translingual Practice is essential reading for students, researchers, and practitioners across these fields. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / A. Suresh Canagarajah Canagarajah, A. Suresh 1

Part I Premises 11

2 Global and Local Communicative Networks and Implications for Literacy / Charles Bazerman Bazerman, Charles 13

3 Translingual Literacy and Matters of Agency / Min-Zhan Lu Lu, Min-Zhan, Bruce Horner Horner, Bruce 26

4 Rhetorical Activities of Global Citizens / Scott Wible Wible, Scott 39

5 Redefining Indigenous Rhetoric: From Places of Origin to Translingual Spaces of Interdependence-in-Difference / LuMing Mao Mao, LuMing 47

Part II Community Practices 57

6 Neither Asian nor American: The Creolization of Asian American Rhetoric / Morris Young Young, Morris 59

7 Confronting the Wounds of Colonialism Through Words / Jon Reyhner Reyhner, Jon 70

8 The Cherokee Syllabary: The Evolution of Writing in Sequoyan / Ellen Cushman Cushman, Ellen 83

9 Hi-em, Hi $$ or $$ Hi? Translingual Practices From Lebanon and Mainstream Literacy Education / Nancy Bou Ayash Ayash, Nancy Bou 96

10 Translingual Practices in Kenyan Hiphop: Pedagogical Implications / Esther Milu Milu, Esther 104

Part III Code-Meshing Orientations 113

11 Pedagogical and Socio-Political Implications of Code-Meshing in Classrooms: Some Considerations for a Translingual Orientation to Writing / Vivette Milson- Whyte Whyte, Vivette Milson- 115

12 It's the Wild West Out There: A New Linguistic Frontier in U.S. College Composition / Paul Kei Matsuda Matsuda, Paul Kei 128

13 Keep Code-Meshing / Vershawn Ashanti Young Young, Vershawn Ashanti 139

Part IV Research Directions 147

14 Negotiation, Translinguality, and Cross-Cultural Writing Research in a New Composition Era / Christiane Donahue Donahue, Christiane 149

15 Writing Across Languages: Developing Rhetorical Attunement / Rebecca Lorimer Lorimer, Rebecca 152

16 Research on Multilingual Writers in the Disciplines: The Case of Biomedical Engineering / Mya Poe Poe, Mya 170

17 Transnational Translingual Literacy Sponsors and Gateways on the United States-Mexico Borderlands / John Scenters-Zapico Scenters-Zapico, John 182

Part V Pedagogical Applications 195

18 Literacy Brokers in the Contact Zone, Year 1: The Crowded Safe House / Maria Jerskey Jerskey, Maria 197

19 Moving Out of the Monolingual Comfort Zone and Into the Multilingual World: An Exercise for the Writing Classroom / Joleen Hanson Hanson, Joleen 207

20 When "Second" Comes First- $$ to the Eye? Sociolinguistic Hybridity in Professional Writing / Anita Pandey Pandey, Anita 215

21 "And Yea I'm Venting, But Hey I'm Writing Isn't I": A Translingual Approach to Error in a Multilingual Context / Aimee Krall-Lanoue Krall-Lanoue, Aimee 228

22 Afterword: Reflections From the Ground Floor / Dorothy Worden Worden, Dorothy 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415524667

0415524660

9780415524674

0415524679

9780203120293

0203120299

OCLC:

785869015