Multilingual Literacy
Published on 21. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-80041-068-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book investigates multilingual literacy practices, explores the technology applied in different educational frameworks, the centrality of multilingual literacy in non-formal, informal and formal educational contexts, as well as its presence in everyday life. Thematically clustered in four parts, the chapters present an overview of theory related to multilingual literacy, address the methodological challenges of research in the area, describe and evaluate projects set up to foster multilingual literacy in a variety of educational contexts, analyze the literacy practices of multilinguals and their contribution to language and literacy acquisition. This volume aims to initiate a change in paradigms, shifting from structured and conservative problematizations to inclusive and diverse conceptualizations and practices. To that end, the book showcases explorations of different methodologies and needs in formal and non-formal educational systems; and it serves as a springboard for developing multivocal participatory spaces with opportunities for learning and identity-building for all multilinguals, across different settings, languages, ages and contexts.
Reviews / Votes
This book is a welcome addition to multilingual literacy studies in which theorizing, research, and implications for practice are intertwined in innovative ways. Readers will find a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives, and a wealth of novel insights on the acquisition and teaching of literacy by multilinguals of different ages, for different purposes, in diverse formal and informal contexts. * Rosa M. Manchon, University of Murcia, Spain * This scholarly volume comes from the core of the European Literacy Network and brings positive and insightful research news. It shows at length that multilingual literacy is the way to harness the tremendous advantages of diversity in languages, cultures and literacies. A must-read for all researchers and practitioners willing to understand and promote multilingual literacies. * Rui A. Alves, University of Porto, Portugal * This volume, co-edited by four leading international specialists, with its accessible style, broad coverage, and theoretical and practical focus, is essential reading for newcomers and established scholars in the field of multilingualism and multiliteracy. -- Sviatlana Karpava, University of Cyprus, Cyprus * LINGUIST List 32.2039 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
459 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80041-068-8 (9781800410688)
DOI
10.21832/BREUER0695
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Persons
Esther Odilia Breuer is Head of the Centre for Writing Competency at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Eva Lindgren is Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umea University, Sweden.
Anat Stavans is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics in the English Language and Literature Department at Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Elke Van Steendam is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Arts Department of KULeuven, Belgium.
Eva Lindgren is Professor of Language Teaching and Learning at Umea University, Sweden.
Anat Stavans is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics in the English Language and Literature Department at Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Elke Van Steendam is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Arts Department of KULeuven, Belgium.
Content
Contributors
Esther Odilia Breuer and Elke Van Steendam: Multiple Approaches to Understanding and Working with Multilingual (Multi-)Literacy
Part 1: Issues, Methods and Insights into Multilingual Literacy
Tiane Donahue: Linguistic and Social Diversity, Literacy and Access to Higher Education
Monika Angela Budde and Franziska Pruesmann: Studying the Learning of Immigrant Students with Limited German: A Proposal for Developing and Applying an Instrument for Selecting Suitable Research Participants
Annika Norlund Shaswar: "I Should Really Interpret Word by Word for You": Researcher, Interpreter and Interviewee Negotiating Roles, Responsibilities, and Meanings in Two Multilingual Literacy Research Interviews
Part 2: Formal Education Framework: Multilingual Literacy in Classroom Practices
Ulrike Jessner, Emese Malzer-Papp, Elisabeth Allgaeuer-Hackl: Paving a New Way to Literacy Development in Multilingual Children: A DMM Perspective
Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak: "He Just Does Not Write Enough For It"- Literacy Practices Among Polish Adolescents in Ireland
Asa Wedin: Construction of Identities in Diverse Classrooms: Writing Identity Texts in Grade Five
Part 3: Formal Education Framework: Technology-Driven Multilingual Literacy in School
Silvia Melo-Pfeifer: Developing Multiliteracies in Online Multilingual Interactions: The Example of Chat-Room Conversations in Romance Languages
Claudine Kirsch: Promoting Multilingualism and Multiliteracies through Storytelling: A Case Study on the Use of the App iTEO in Preschools in Luxembourg
Part 4: Non-Formal Education: Multilingual Literacy at Home, in the Community and in Cyberspace
Deborah Bergman Deitcher, Helen Johnson, Dorit Aram: Multilingual Preschoolers' Word Learning from Parent-Child Shared Reading of Informational and Narrative Books
Anat Stavans, Maya Tahar Eden and Lior Azar: Multilingual Literacy: The Use of Emojis in Written Communication
Anat Stavans and Eva Lindgren: Building the Multilingual Literacy Bridge
Index
Esther Odilia Breuer and Elke Van Steendam: Multiple Approaches to Understanding and Working with Multilingual (Multi-)Literacy
Part 1: Issues, Methods and Insights into Multilingual Literacy
Tiane Donahue: Linguistic and Social Diversity, Literacy and Access to Higher Education
Monika Angela Budde and Franziska Pruesmann: Studying the Learning of Immigrant Students with Limited German: A Proposal for Developing and Applying an Instrument for Selecting Suitable Research Participants
Annika Norlund Shaswar: "I Should Really Interpret Word by Word for You": Researcher, Interpreter and Interviewee Negotiating Roles, Responsibilities, and Meanings in Two Multilingual Literacy Research Interviews
Part 2: Formal Education Framework: Multilingual Literacy in Classroom Practices
Ulrike Jessner, Emese Malzer-Papp, Elisabeth Allgaeuer-Hackl: Paving a New Way to Literacy Development in Multilingual Children: A DMM Perspective
Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak: "He Just Does Not Write Enough For It"- Literacy Practices Among Polish Adolescents in Ireland
Asa Wedin: Construction of Identities in Diverse Classrooms: Writing Identity Texts in Grade Five
Part 3: Formal Education Framework: Technology-Driven Multilingual Literacy in School
Silvia Melo-Pfeifer: Developing Multiliteracies in Online Multilingual Interactions: The Example of Chat-Room Conversations in Romance Languages
Claudine Kirsch: Promoting Multilingualism and Multiliteracies through Storytelling: A Case Study on the Use of the App iTEO in Preschools in Luxembourg
Part 4: Non-Formal Education: Multilingual Literacy at Home, in the Community and in Cyberspace
Deborah Bergman Deitcher, Helen Johnson, Dorit Aram: Multilingual Preschoolers' Word Learning from Parent-Child Shared Reading of Informational and Narrative Books
Anat Stavans, Maya Tahar Eden and Lior Azar: Multilingual Literacy: The Use of Emojis in Written Communication
Anat Stavans and Eva Lindgren: Building the Multilingual Literacy Bridge
Index