Reflections on Multiliterate Lives

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Reflections on Multiliterate Lives

Edited by: Diane Belcher and Ulla Connor

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2001

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Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

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This is a collection of personal accounts of the formative literacy experiences of highly successful second language users, all of who are professional academics. Representing fourteen countries in origin, the contributors recount in their own words past and present struggles and successes as learners of language and of much else.

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This publication is rich in information and much can be learned from the stories. This work is highly recommended for anyone concerned with issues of second-language and education.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Sociolinguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Editors’ Introduc Diane Belcher and Ulla Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part I: Language Specialists as Language Learners
The Fortunate Traveler: Shuttling between Communities and Literacies by Economy Class Suresh Canagarajah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Initiating into Academic Community: Some Autobiographical Reflections Vijay K. Bhatia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
Reminiscences of a Multilingual Life: A Personal Case History Nils Erik Enkvist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
Developing Literacy Can and Should Be Fun: But Only Sometimes Is Håkan Ringbom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	60
Straddling Three Worlds Anna Söter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
How a Speaker of Two Second Languages Becomes a Writer in a Foreign Language Anna Söter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	74
From L1 to L12: The Confessions of a Sometimes Frustrated Multiliterate Andrew D. Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
My Experience of Learning to Read and Write in Japanese as L1 and English as L2 Ryuko Kubota Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	96
An Introspective Account of L2 Writing Acquisition Miyuki Sasaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Writing from Chinese to English: My Cultural Transformation Jun Liu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
Part II: Crossing Cultures Across the Disciplines
Learning Is a Lifelong Process Ming-Daw Tsai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	135
Linguistic Experiences of a Mathematical Career Louis de Branges Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
Taking the Best from a Number of Worlds: An Interview with Hooshang Hemami Hooshang Hemami and Diane Belcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
Growing up Trilingual: Memories of an Armenian/Arabic/English Speaker Anahid Dervartanian Kulwicki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
How Can I Help Make a Difference? An Interview with Robert Agunga Robert Agunga and Diane Belcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
A Professional Academic Life in Two Languages: An Interview with María Juliá María Juliá and Diane Belcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
On Being a Citizen of the World: An Interview with Luis Proenza Luis Proenza and Ulla Connor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209

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February 12, 2001

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9781853597046

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224

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853597046

eBook ISBN: 9781853597046

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multilingualism; multicultural

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