Decisions, agency, and advising : key issues in the placement of multilingual writers into first-year composition courses / Tanita Saenkhum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saenkhum, Tanita, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counseling in higher education.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Multilingual persons--Education (Higher).

Multilingual persons.

English language--Rhetoric--Evaluation.

English language--Rhetoric.

Education, Higher.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).

Physical Description:

xiii, 153 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Saenkhum considers the role of agency in the placement of multilingual writers--including international students and U.S. residents or citizens who are non-native users of English--in U.S. college composition programs. Grounded in qualitative research and concerned equally with theory and practice"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Investigating multilingual writers' placement decisions

Negotiating placement vs. accepting placement

Why self-assessing is crucial for placement

Planning on and questioning about placement (and other acts of agency)

Academic advising and the placement of multilingual writers

Writing teachers and the placement of multilingual writer

Student agency and placement decisions : theoretical discussion and practical recommendations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781607325406

1607325403

OCLC:

950202721