Transnational Literacy Autobiographies as Translingual Writing
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies, and is Director of the Migration Studies Project in the Departments of Applied Linguistics and English at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
<p>"This is an amazing collection of literacy autobiographies by a group of multilingual language users and a critical engagement with them by Canagarajah, coming directly out of practice but with wide-ranging theoretical and methodological implications. There is nothing like it out there, and this volume will really push the boundaries and be a key milestone for literacy studies, translingual writing and language in education."</p><p><strong>Li Wei</strong>,<em> University College London, UK</em></p><p>"At once a treatise on language and writing pedagogy, a collection of translingual and transnational literacy autoethnographies, and a textbook, this is a remarkable publishing feat that, in and through its multifaceted character, demonstrates both the challenges and value of transnational and translingual writing and its teaching."</p><p><strong>Bruce Horner</strong>, <em>University of Louisville, USA</em></p>
<p>"This is an amazing collection of literacy autobiographies by a group of multilingual language users and a critical engagement with them by Canagarajah, coming directly out of practice but with wide-ranging theoretical and methodological implications. There is nothing like it out there, and this volume will really push the boundaries and be a key milestone for literacy studies, translingual writing and language in education."</p><p><strong>Li Wei</strong>,<em> University College London, UK</em></p><p>"At once a treatise on language and writing pedagogy, a collection of translingual and transnational literacy autoethnographies, and a textbook, this is a remarkable publishing feat that, in and through its multifaceted character, demonstrates both the challenges and value of transnational and translingual writing and its teaching."</p><p><strong>Bruce Horner</strong>, <em>University of Louisville, USA</em></p>
The literacy autobiography is a personal narrative reflecting on how one’s experiences of spoken and written words have contributed to their ongoing relationship with language and literacy. Transnational Literacy Autobiographies as Translingual Writing is a cutting-edge study of this engaging genre of writing in academic and professional contexts.
In this state-of-the-art collection, Suresh Canagarajah brings together 11 samples of writing by students that both document their literary journeys and pinpoint the seminal works affecting their development as translingual readers and writers. Integrating the narrative of the author, which is written as his own literacy autobiography, with a close analysis of these texts, this book:
- presents a case for the literacy autobiography as an archetypal genre that prepares writers for the conventions and processes required in other genres of writing;
- demonstrates the serious epistemological and rhetorical implications behind the genre of literacy autobiography among migrant scholars and students;
- effectively translates theoretical publications on language diversity for classroom purposes, providing a transferable teaching approach to translingual writing;
- analyzes the tropes of transnational writers and their craft in "meshing" translingual resources in their writing;
- demonstrates how transnationalism and translingualism are interconnected, guiding readers toward an understanding of codemeshing not as a cosmetic addition to texts but motivated toward resolving inescapable personal and social dilemmas.
Written and edited by one of the most highly regarded linguists of his generation, this book is key reading for scholars and students of applied linguistics, TESOL, and literacy studies, as well as tutors of writing and composition worldwide.
This groundbreaking book examines the genre of literacy autobiography among migrant scholars and students, coining the term "transnational literacy autobiography". This book is essential reading for scholars and students of applied linguistics, TESOL and literacy studies, as well as tutors of writing and composition worldwide.
Acknowledgements
Part I: கற்பனை: An invitation
Part I preface
Chapter 1: Literacy Autobiographies in Transnational Space
Chapter 2: The Shaping of Literacy Autobiographies
Chapter 3: Emergence of the Translingual Subject
Chapter 4: Negotiation Strategies in Transnational Literacy
Chapter 5: Dispositions of Transnational Literacies
Chapter 6: கற்றது கை மண்ணளவு கல்லாதது உலகளவு
Part II: An Illustrative Set of Literacy Autobiographies
Part II preface
Chapter 7: Writing toward Beauty - Ruth Parrish Sauder
Chapter 8: Rediscovering Heritage Identity through Literacy - Bendi Tso
Chapter 9: Writing with a Chinese Heart - Lifeng Miao
Chapter 10: Image and Learning: The Story of My Literacy - Jialei Jiang
Chapter 11: The Mermaid’s Immortal Soul: Myth, Disillusionment, and the Birth of a Translingual Identity - Randi Anderson
Chapter 12: Negotiating Contrasting Languages and Rhetorics - Jingjing Lai
Chapter 13: Beyond Contrastive Rhetoric: My First and Second Language Literacy Development - Shuo Zhao
Chapter 14: Shuttling between Three Languages and Rhetorics - Xiaoqing Ge
Chapter 15: Reconstructing Voice: A Personal Journey - Eunjeong Lee
Chapter 16: Buenos Aires mon Amour: Memories from Learning to Become a Pluriliterate Teacher - Natalia A. Guzman
Chapter 17: Recreation and Education: Exploring my Embodied Engagement in English and Korean Literacies - Michael Chesnut
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies, and is Director of the Migration Studies Project in the Departments of Applied Linguistics and English at Pennsylvania State University, USA.