Not in the United States?Undergraduates in a Second Language
Challenges and Complexities of Academic Literacy Development
- By Ilona Leki
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- Price: $32.50
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Pages: 352
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 11th June 2007
- ISBN: 978-0-8058-5638-5
About the Book
This is the first book-length study of bilingual, international, and immigrant students in English writing courses that attempts to fully embed their writing experiences within the broader frame of their personal histories, the human context of their development, and the disciplinary contexts of their majors. It addresses the questions: How useful are L2 writing courses for the students who are required to take them? What do the students carry with them from these courses to their other disciplinary courses across the curriculum? What happens to these students after they leave ESL, English, or writing classes? Drawing on data from a 5-year longitudinal study of four university students for whom English was not their strongest/primary language, it captures their literacy experiences throughout their undergraduate careers. The intensive case studies answer some questions and raise others about these students’ academic development as it entwined with their social experiences and identity formation and with the ideological context of studying at a US university in the 1990s.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface. Introduction. "You Need Really Understand": An Undergraduate in Engineering. "Don't Have Easy": Nursing in L2. "Suddenly You Get Recognized": The Power of Community. "Yuko Can Handle Intimidation": Becoming a Social Worker. University Literacy. Social and Ideological Contexts of Literacy Developments. Conclusion. Appendix A: Interview Guides. Appendix B: Main Coding Categories for Student Interviews.Customers who bought Undergraduates in a Second Language also bought:
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