Multilingual Learners and Academic Literacies: Sociocultural Contexts of Literac

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Shifting the discourse from a focus on academic language to the more dynamic construct of academic literacies, this volume offers a conceptual framework for examining academic literacies as situated, overlapping, meaning-making practices.

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Shifting the discourse from a focus on academic language to the more dynamic but less researched construct of academic literacies, this volume addresses three key questions: • What constitutes academic literacy? • What does academic literacy development in adolescent multilingual students look like and how can this development be assessed? • What classroom contexts foster the development of academic literacies in multilingual adolescents? The contributing authors provide divergent definitions of academic literacies and use dissimilar theoretical and methodological approaches to study literacy development. Nevertheless, all chapters reflect a shared conceptual framework for examining academic literacies as situated, overlapping, meaning-making practices. This framework foregrounds students' participation in valued disciplinary literacy practices. Emphasized in the new college and career readiness standards, the notion of disciplinary practices allows the contributing authors to bridge the language/content dichotomy, and take a more holistic as well as nuanced view of the demands that multilingual students face in general education classrooms. The volume also explores the implications of the emphasis on academic literacy practices for classroom instruction, research, and policy.

Author Biography

Daniella Molle is a Professional Development Researcher at WIDA, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Edynn Sato is a Principal Research Scientist in the Research and Innovation Network's Next Generation Learning and Assessment Center at Pearson, USA. Timothy Boals is a Senior Research Scientist at WIDA, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Carol A. Hedgspeth is a Research Associate at WestEd, USA.

Table of Contents

PrefaceChapter 1. IntroductionDaniella MollePart I. Academic literacies: A rationale and exploration of the constructChapter 2. Academic language and academic literacies: Mapping a relationshipDaniella MolleChapter 3. In more than one tongue: Academic literacies at work as living texts Marylin LowChapter 4. Adolescent development and everyday language practices: Implications for the academic literacy of multilingual learnersAlison Bailey, Marjorie Faulstich OrellanaChapter 5. A sociocultural approach to academic literacy in mathematics for adolescent English learners: Integrating mathematical proficiency, practices, and discourseJudit MoschkovichChapter 6. Translingual literacies in a social media age: Lessons learned from youth's transnational communication onlineJosé Ramón Lizárraga, Glynda Hull, John ScottPart II. Academic literacy development: Contexts and practicesChapter 7. Bilingualism-as-participation: Examining adolescents' bi(multi)lingual literacies across out-of-school and online contextsMariana PachecoChapter 8. Academic literacy development: A ten-year case study of an aspiring writerCathy Compton-Lilly Chapter 9. Inquire to acquire: A discourse analysis of bilingual students' development of science literacy Laura WrightChapter 10. Schooling begins before adolescence: The case of Manuel and limited opportunities to learnKathy EscamillaPart III. Implications of an academic literacies approach to learningChapter 11. The use of assessment in support of the development of adolescents' academic literaciesMargaret HeritageChapter 12. Building teacher knowledge of academic literacy and language acquisition: A framework for teachers' cross-disciplinary professional learningMary Avalos, Margarita Zisselsberger, Jennifer Langer-Osuna, Walter Secada Chapter 13. Establishing a foundation for academic literacy: The role of standardsEdynn SatoChapter 14. Literacy development in academic contexts for adolescent English language learners: Policy considerations and future researchTimothy Boals, Kenji Hakuta, Alissa BlairList of Contributors

Details ISBN1138846473 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2015 ISBN-10 1138846473 ISBN-13 9781138846470 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Subtitle Sociocultural Contexts of Literacy Development in Adolescents Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Carol A. Hedgspeth DEWEY 404.2 Short Title MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS & ACADEM Language English Media Book Affiliation WestEd, USA Illustrations 10 Tables, black and white; 37 Illustrations, black and white AU Release Date 2015-03-24 NZ Release Date 2015-03-24 Publication Date 2015-03-24 UK Release Date 2015-03-24 Author Carol A. Hedgspeth Pages 332 Alternative 9781138846487 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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