Academic Biliteracies: Multilingual Repertoires in Higher Education

Research on academic literacy within higher education has focused almost exclusively on the development of academic literacy in English. This book is unique in showing how students use other languages when they engage with written academic content – whether in reading, discussing or writing – and how increasingly multilingual higher education campuses open up the possibility for students to exploit their multilingual repertoires in and around reading/writing for academic purposes. Chapters range from cases of informal student use of different written languages, to pedagogical, institutional and disciplinary strategies leveraging multilingual resources to develop biliteracy. They are ordered according to two dominant themes. The first includes accounts of diverse multilingual contexts where biliteracy practices emerge in response to the demands of academic reading and writing. The second theme focuses on more deliberate attempts to teach biliteracy or to teach in a way that supports biliteracy. The collection will be of interest to researchers, higher education practitioners and students of multilingual higher education and academic literacy.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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List of Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction: Biliteracies in Higher Education
pp 1-18
- By David M. Palfreyman, Christa Van Der Walt
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2 - ‘No Way, I Could Never Write My Essays in Cantonese. I Only Know How to Do It in English’: Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Languages and Literacies at a Hong Kong University
pp 19-40
- By Tracey Costley
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3 - Academic Biliteracy in College: Borderland Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Mobilization of Semiotic Resources
pp 41-57
- By Alberto Esquinca, Erika Mein, Elsa Q. Villa, Angélica Monárrez
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4 - Translanguaging in University Literacy Practice: Bilingual Collaboration Around English Texts
pp 58-75
- By Catherine M. Mazak, A.J. Rivera, Lauren Pérez Mangonéz
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5 - Surfacing and Valuing Students’ Linguistic Resources in an English-Dominant University
pp 76-95
- By Ellen Hurst, Mbulungeni Madiba, Shannon Morreira
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6 - Translation Narratives: Engaging Multilingual Learners in Translingual Writing Practices
pp 96-112
- By Julia E. Kiernan
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7 - Affirming the Biliteracy of University Students: Provision of Multilingual Lecture Resources at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
pp 113-141
- By Bassey E. Antia, Charlyn Dyers
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8 - Creative Collaboration in Higher Education: A Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Case Study
pp 142-159
- By Gwawr Ifan, Rhian Hodges
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9 - Bilingual Academic Literaciesfor Chinese Language Teachers
pp 160-179
- By Danping Wang
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10 - Biliteracy as Policy in Academic Institutions
pp 180-205
- By Beverly Baker, David M. Palfreyman, Gwenn Hiller, Wilson Poha, Zina Manu
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11 - Afterword: Moving Forward with Academic Biliteracy Research
pp 206-220
- By Guillaume Gentil
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Index
pp 221-224
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Multilingual Repertoires in Higher Education

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Contributors
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-ix

1 - Introduction: Biliteracies in Higher Education
pp 1-18

2 - ‘No Way, I Could Never Write My Essays in Cantonese. I Only Know How to Do It in English’: Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Languages and Literacies at a Hong Kong University
pp 19-40

3 - Academic Biliteracy in College: Borderland Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Mobilization of Semiotic Resources
pp 41-57

4 - Translanguaging in University Literacy Practice: Bilingual Collaboration Around English Texts
pp 58-75

5 - Surfacing and Valuing Students’ Linguistic Resources in an English-Dominant University
pp 76-95

6 - Translation Narratives: Engaging Multilingual Learners in Translingual Writing Practices
pp 96-112

7 - Affirming the Biliteracy of University Students: Provision of Multilingual Lecture Resources at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
pp 113-141

8 - Creative Collaboration in Higher Education: A Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Case Study
pp 142-159

9 - Bilingual Academic Literaciesfor Chinese Language Teachers
pp 160-179

10 - Biliteracy as Policy in Academic Institutions
pp 180-205

11 - Afterword: Moving Forward with Academic Biliteracy Research
pp 206-220

Index
pp 221-224

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