English 391ml: Multilingualism and Literacy in Western Mass

Autor/inn/en	Leonard, Rebecca Lorimer; Piscioniere, Kyle; Pappo, Danielle
Titel	English 391ml: Multilingualism and Literacy in Western Mass
Quelle	In: Composition Studies, 48 (2020) 1, S.103-114 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-9322
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Writing (Composition); Multilingualism; Literacy; Writing Instruction; Writing Assignments; Second Language Learning; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibübung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Schreibunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	College students continue to navigate powerful literacy myths that impact their writing education, especially the belief systems that uphold standard, monolingual uses of language. In this article, the authors describe "English 391ml: Multilingualism and Literacy in Western Mass," a course that raises students' critical awareness of language by engaging them in the lived experience of writing among languages. This course combines several strands of innovation in composition studies: an upper-division writing-about-writing (WAW) course, a WAW course focused on multilingual writing, and a community literacy partnership with a local language school that serves immigrants and international students. Taught by Rebecca Lorimer Leonard with assistance from graduate students Danielle Pappo and Kyle Piscioniere, English 391ml asks students to make meaning not only "through" literacy but also "of" literacy, exploring the social significance of literacy in all of its routines, values, and belief systems. English 391ml aims to be functional, providing writing support for a local school and community experience for UMass students, but also important, complicating commonplace assumptions about literacy's problems and promises for all participants. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Composition Studies. Available from: UMass Boston. 100 William T. Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125; e-mail: compstudiesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://compstudiesjournal.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01