NEGOTIATING ACADEMIC LITERACIES by Ruth Spack (Editor), Vivian Zamel (Editor) ( 9780805829983 )

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Title:

NEGOTIATING ACADEMIC LITERACIES
TEACHING AND LEARNING ACROSS LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

By:

Ruth Spack (Editor), Vivian Zamel (Editor)

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0805829989

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9780805829983

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

12 June, 1998

Pages:

348

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A cross-over volume in the literature between first- and second-language/literacy research. This anthology of articles brings together different voices from a range of publications and unites them in pursuit of an understanding of the teaching and learning of academic literacy.

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Negotiating Academic Literacies: Teaching and Learning Across Languages and Cultures is a cross-over volume in the literature between first and second language/literacy. This anthology of articles brings together different voices from a range of publications and fields and unites them in pursuit of an understanding of how academic ways of knowing are acquired. The editors preface the collection of readings with a conceptual framework that reconsiders the current debate about the nature of academic literacies. In this volume, the term academic literacies denotes multiple approaches to knowledge, including reading and writing critically. College classrooms have become sites where a number of languages and cultures intersect. This is the case not only for students who are in the process of acquiring English, but for all learners who find themselves in an academic situation that exposes them to a new set of expectations. This book is a contribution to the effort to discover ways of supporting learning across languages and cultures--and to transform views about what it means to teach and learn, to read and write, and to think and know.Unique to this volume is the inclusion of the perspectives of writers as well as those of teachers and researchers. Furthermore, the contributors reveal their own struggles and accomplishments as they themselves have attempted to negotiate academic literacies. The chronological ordering of articles provides a historical perspective, demonstrating ways in which issues related to teaching and learning across cultures have been addressed over time. The readings have consistency in terms of quality, depth, and passion; they raise important philosophical questions even as they consider practical classroom applications. The editors provide a series of questions that enable the reader to engage in a generative and exciting process of reflection and inquiry. This book is both a reference for teachers who work or plan to work with diverse learners, and a text for graduate-level courses, primarily in bilingual and ESL studies, composition studies, English education, and literacy studies.

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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc

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