Cultivating Critical Language Awareness in the Writing Classroom

This book introduces Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Pedagogy as a robust and research-grounded framework to engage and support students in critical examinations of language, identity, privilege and power.

"Shapiro successfully explodes the false binary between pragmatism and progressivism by reminding us that teaching writing is not an either/or proposition. And after our many years of theorizing the teaching of writing, Shapiro offers a persuasive synthesis of theory and practice that shows us how to integrate pragmatism and progressivism into our curricula and instruction. In so doing, she provides teachers with a toolkit to promote self-reflection, social justice and rhetorical agency that empowers all writing students to learn how language shapes them and how they in turn can shape language." --Juan C. Guerra, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington at Seattle, USA "If you are teaching student writers todayespecially if you care about teaching ALL student writers today--then this a book for you. Shapiro's deeply researched and engaging text reviews the history of critical language awareness, examines its current principles and practices, and shows just how writing teachers everywhere can employ such principles and practices to create classrooms and pedagogies where linguistic justice and equity can and will thrive." --Andrea Lunsford, Professor Emerita, Stanford University, USA

Autorentext

Shawna Shapiro is Associate Professor of Writing and Linguistics at Middlebury College, USA.

Inhalt

Part I: Section I: Foundations of CLA Pedagogy 1. Introduction: Why Do We Need CLA Pedagogy? 2. What is CLA?: History and Concepts 3. How and Why Does CLA Pedagogy Work?: Principles and Best Practices Part II: Four Pathways for CLA Pedagogy Part II Introduction 4. The Sociolinguistics Pathway 5. The Critical Academic Literacies Pathway 6. The Media/Discourse Analysis Pathway 7. The Communicating-Across-Difference Pathway Part III: Charting Your Own Journey with CLA PedagogyPart III Introduction 8. Tailoring CLA Pedagogy to Your Teaching Context 9. Infusing CLA into Classroom Instruction 10. Going Further with CLA