Reflections on Multiliterate Lives
Edited by: Diane Belcher, Ulla Connor
- Format:
- Hardback
- Related Formats:
- Paperback, Ebook(PDF)
- ISBN:
- 9781853595226
- Published:
- 12th Feb 2001
- Publisher:
- Multilingual Matters
- Number of pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 210mm x 148mm
- Availability:
- Available
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.
Francisco Mart
Acknowledgements
Diane Belcher and Ulla Connor: Editors' Introduction
Part I: Language Specialists as Language Learners
Suresh Canagarajah: The Fortunate Traveler: Shuttling Between Communities and Literacies by Economy Class
Vijay K. Bhatia: Initiating into Academic Community: Some Autobiographical Reflections
Nils Erik Enkvist: Reminiscences of a Multilingual Life: A Personal Case History
Håkan Ringbom: Developing Literacy Can and Should Be Fun: But Only Sometimes Is
Anna Söter: Straddling Three Worlds
Adina Levine: How a Speaker of Two Second Languages Becomes a Writer in a Foreign Language
Andrew D. Cohen: From L1 to L12: The Confessions of a Sometimes Frustrated Multiliterate
Ryuko Kubota: My Experience of Learning to Read and Write in Japanese as L1 and English as L2
Miyuki Sasaki: An Introspective Account of L2 Writing Acquisition
Jun Liu: Writing from Chinese to English: My Cultural Transformation
Part II: Crossing Cultures Across the Disciplines
Ming-Daw Tsai: Learning is a Lifelong Process
Louis de Branges: Linguistic Experiences of a Mathematical Career
Hooshang Hemami and Diane Belcher: Taking the Best from a Number of Worlds: An Interview with Hooshang Hemami
Anahid Dervartanian Kulwicki: Growing up Trilingual: Memories of an Armenian/Arabic/English Speaker
Robert Agunga and Diane Belcher: How Can I Help Make a Difference? An Interview with Robert Agunga
María Juliá and Diane Belcher: A Professional Academic Life in Two Languages: An Interview with María Juliá
Luis Proenza and Ulla Connor: On Being a Citizen of the World: An Interview with Luis Proenza
Steven Beering and Ulla Connor: The Advantages of Starting Out Multilingual: An Interview with Steven Beering
Appendix: Guiding Questions