Sociocultural and Power-Relational Dimensions of Multilingual Writing - Recommendations for Deindustrializing Writing Education

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.

About the author

Amir Kalan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) at McGill University, Canada. He is the author of Who’s Afraid of Multilingual Education? (Multilingual Matters, 2016).

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.

Product details

• Authors: Amir Kalan, Kalan Amir
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781788926706
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-670-6
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Language learning: writing skills, Writing skills, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Higher education, tertiary education, Bilingualism and multilingualism, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher