ERIC Number: ED610526
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jan-15
Pages: 30
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Developing an Understanding of Translingual Writing: A Resource for Graduate Educators
Silva, Tony
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Via an account of the genesis, development, and enactment of a seminar in translingual writing, this paper represents an attempt to indicate the extensive amount and interdisciplinary nature of the knowledge that one needs to be familiar with in order to develop a rich and nuanced understanding of the phenomenon as well as to provide a resource for faculty interested in developing such a course or for faculty or graduate students to use for self-study in this area. Specifically, the paper (1) addresses the motivation for the development of the course and provides a description of the course and its context; (2) identifies and briefly describes required and additional readings--classified by their disciplinary orientations (specifically, literary studies, dialectology/black English vernacular, applied linguistics, rhetoric and composition, and translanguaging); (3) offers an extensive set of questions for discussion based on the readings and on issues frequently raised in class--including terminology, language, difference, disciplinarity, instruction, and consequences of adopting a translingual approach to writing; and (4) provides an extensive bibliography of work in the area of translingual writing.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Graduate Students, Writing Instruction, Seminars, Interdisciplinary Approach, Code Switching (Language), Course Descriptions, Bibliographies, Writing Research, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Civil Rights, Black Dialects, Multilingualism, Literature, Authors, Language Usage, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, Language Styles, English (Second Language), Decision Making
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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