Literacies in the Age of Mobility

This book offers insights into questions related to mobility, literacy learning and literacy practices of adult and adolescent migrants. The authors address learning and use of literacies among adults and adolescents in both temporary and more permanent post-migration settlements and in various contexts, exploring spatial as well as temporal dimensions of literacies and power. The formal and informal educational settings examined include state-mandated schools, community settings, and libraries, and the chapters offer insights into the complex relations between literacies and mobility, as well as a range of perspectives on language use and language learning. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers in fields including education and literacy, applied linguistics, language education and migration studies.

Brings together research on literacy practices during migration and in post-migration settlement Includes informal as well as formal contexts, such as homes, job searching, and practicing for a driving test Understands literacy as a social practice, with power and heterogeneity as central elements

Autorentext

Annika Norlund Shaswar is a Senior Lecturer of Language Teaching and Learning at Umeå University, Sweden. Her research interests include multilingual literacy, basic literacy education in linguistically heterogeneous contexts, second language development of adults and language learning strategies.****

** Jenny Rosén** is Associate Professor in Swedish as a Second Language in the Department of Language Education at Stockholm University, Sweden. Her research interests include multilingualism, literacy and diversity in educational settings.

Inhalt

Chapter 1.- Multiple approaches to literacies in the age of mobility Chapter 2.- Indigenous Mobilities in Diaspora. Literacies of Spatial Tense Chapter 3.- Lessons for today from successful women. Forced migrants' language biographies Chapter 4.- Literacy, legitimacy, and investment in language learning. The experiences of a female Syrian refugee in the UK Chapter 5.- The mobility of everyday literacies. Literacy practices for passing a driving test as a potential resource for L2 and literacy development Chapter 6.- Pleasure reading for immigrant adults on a volunteer-run programme Chapter 7.- The Diary Teachers' work with biliterate literature in adult education Swedish for immigrants Chapter 8.- The role of psychological and socio-psychological factors in L2 literacy development of temporary migrants Chapter 9.- Writing as multilingual and multimodal practices. The case of the Language Introduction Program in Swedish Upper Secondary SchoolChapter 10.- Negotiating minority language resources, practices and experiences in Norwegian writing instruction for migrant students Chapter 11.- Reinventing literacies in the age of mobility: An epilogue.