Critical Literacy with Adolescent English Language Learners

This book examines critical literacy within language and literacy learning, with a particular focus on English as an Additional Language learners in schools who traditionally are not given the same exposure to critical literacy as native-English speakers.

Autorentext

Jennifer Alford is Associate Professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (Faculty of Creative Industries, Education, and Social Justice) at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. She is a founding member of the global Transnational Critical Literacies Network (TCLN) and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Literacies.

Inhalt

1. What is critical literacy and why is it important for adolescent learners of English as an Additional Language (EAL) now?

2. Constructing critical literacy in high school English language education policy global perspectives.

3. Teaching critical literacy with high school English as an Additional Language learners a review of international literature.

4. Enacting critical literacy with adolescent English as an Additional Language learners four case studies of teacher practice.

5. Critical literacy between shifting policy and classroom practice: Cross-case synthesis and future possibilities for practice.