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Publication Date: 2020
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Changing Conditions for Multilingual Writers: Writing Centers Destabilizing Standard Language Ideology
Blazer, Sarah; Fallon, Brian
Composition Forum, v44 Sum 2020
Writing centers provide a crucial site for multilingual writers to experience generative and productive conversation about their writing projects and for their language and cultural experiences to be appreciated as sources for meaning-making. For this to be possible, tutors must understand the phenomenon and problems of standard language ideology (SLI) and should have opportunities to develop practices that reflect translingual perspectives on language and communication. This study examines peer tutors' participation on a private staff blog to demonstrate how opportunities to reflect on translingual practices and experiences can shift tutors' knowledge and attitudes about SLI and create conditions for more equitable, cosmopolitan experiences for multilingual writers.
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Writing (Composition), Laboratories, Standard Spoken Usage, Writing Instruction, Tutors, Electronic Publishing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Attitude Change, Empathy, Art Education, Risk, Teacher Attitudes, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Staff Development, Linguistic Theory, Vignettes, Language Usage, Native Language, Teaching Methods, Design, Undergraduate Students, Writing Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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