International students' multilingual literacy practices : an asset-based approach to understanding academic discourse socialization

• Main Authors: DeCosta, Peter, Li, Wendy, Lee, Jongbong
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol Multilingual Matters 2022; Channel View Publications
• Edition: 1
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Subjects: Bilingualism & multilingualism; Case studies lcgft; EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education; EDUCATION / Higher; English language; English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching (Higher) > Social aspects > United States > Case studies; English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies; English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Foreign speakers > Case studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching; LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT); Literacy; Literacy > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > Case studies; Multilingual education; Multilingual education > United States > Case studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; Sociolinguistics; Students, Foreign; Students, Foreign > Education (Higher) > United States; Students, Foreign > United States > Social conditions; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT)
• ISBN: 1800415540; 9781800415546; 9781800415577; 1800415575
• DOI: 10.21832/9781800415560

This book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explores how the students developed their foreign-student identities and their own ways of grappling with the unique issues they encountered as they worked to improve their academic literacy skills.