Sociocultural and Power-Relational Dimensions of Multilingual Writing : Recommendations for Deindustrializing Writing Education / Amir Kalan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalan, Amir, Author.

Series:

New Perspectives on Language and Education ; 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing--Study and teaching (HIgher).

Academic writing.

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

English language.

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

Multilingualism.

Written communication--Study and teaching (Higher).

Written communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book examines the writing practices of three adult multilingual writers through the prism of their writing in English as an additional language. It illustrates some of the social, cultural and political contexts of the writers’ literacy activities and argues for a writing pedagogy that reflects the complexity of writing as a social practice.

Contents:

Frontmatter

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 Conceptual and Empirical Background

3 Making Sense of Histories and Literate Legacies

4 Literacy and Writing Discourses

5 Writing as a Power Differential

6 Written Texts as Organic Outgrowth of Complex Linguistic and Cultural Repertoires

7 Social and Institutional Lived Experiences

8 Mechanics and Practicalities

9 Implications, Recommendations and Potential Further Directions

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)

ISBN:

9781788927819

OCLC:

1250648398