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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476816303321

Autore

Cruickshank Ken

Titolo

Teenagers, Literacy and School : Researching in Multilingual Contexts / / Ken Cruickshank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2006

©2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 pages)

Disciplina

373.1

Soggetti

High schools

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. -- 1. Patterns of Community Literacy -- 2. Pathway(s) to Literacy -- 3. Change and Literacy Practices: Teenagers and Technology -- 4. Mediation in Community and School Literacy -- 5. Conflict and Control: Literacy as Management -- 6. Identity, Place and Identity -- Part 2: A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research -- 8. No Single Answer: What Schools Can and Can't do -- 9. Researching in Multilingual/Multicultural Contexts -- 10. A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research -- 11. Researching Reading and Writing in Homes and Schools.

Sommario/riassunto

This unique and timely book follows the experiences of four Arabic teenagers, their families and their community, focusing on the role of literacy in their daily lives and the differences between home and school. The author looks at the conflict between expectations and practices at school and in the home, arguing that problems are inevitable where class and cultural differences exist. Emerging themes include: how literacy practices in the community are undergoing rapid change due to global developments in technology how the patterns of written and spoken language in Eng and Arabic in the home are linked with social practices in logical and coherent ways how many of the family practices that differ from school culture and language become marginalised. Built around these insightful case studies yet grounded in theory, this book is of immediate relevance to teachers working in multicultural contexts and students and lecturers in language/literacy



or on TESOL courses.