LINGUIST List 17.1668

Fri Jun 02 2006

Books: Sociolinguistics: Thesen, van Pletzen

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Directory         1.    Adam Green, Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change: Thesen, van Pletzen
Message 1: Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change: Thesen, van Pletzen
Date: 01-Jun-2006
From: Adam Green <agreencontinuumbooks.com>
Subject: Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change: Thesen, van Pletzen


Title: Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change Published: 2006 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
                http://www.continuumbooks.com

Author: Lucia Thesen, University of Cape Town Author: Ermien van Pletzen, University of Cape Town Hardback: ISBN: 0826487750 Pages: 208 Price: U.K. £ 75.00
Hardback: ISBN: 0826487750 Pages: 208 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Abstract:

This book is an analysis of student literacy in an academic setting, andhow this has changed due to political, economic and social factors. Thecontributors, who are all engaged in academic literacy work at a SouthAfrican university, use the theoretical tradition of New Literacy Studiesas developed by theorists such as James Gee, Brian Street and GuntherKress, and apply this to a case study of one university in the changingcontext of South Africa.

The context demands an extension of this theory in new directions, as thetheoretical assumptions governing Anglophone, 'mainstream' traditions maylimit insights into academic literacy settings on the margins of thesetraditions. The book probes some of these limitations by looking at thecomplex interactions taking place between students; diverse language andeducational histories, their literacy practices, institutional discourses,and the many modes involved in engaging with texts.

Language is central to all these interactions, and the book considers howthey reflect or potentially change the institution. Academic Literacy andthe Languages of Change will be of interest to postgraduates and academicsresearching sociolinguistics, or language and education.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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