In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we鈥檙e sharing books and resources from 楼凤天堂 written by leading Latinx authors and voices!
听details the life of an American of Puerto Rican extraction from his childhood in New York City to an academic post at a university. Villanueva ponders his experiences in light of the history of rhetoric, the English Only movement, current socio- and psycholinguistic theory, and the writings of Gramsci and Freire, among others.
听is a听collected volume of original essays, presenting code meshing鈥攂lending dialects and languages with standard English鈥攁s the better pedagogical alternative to code switching鈥攕hifting between dialects or languages in different settings鈥攊n teaching literacy to diverse learners.
suggests that after-school programs focused on English learners offer a way for parents, teachers, and volunteers to come together to navigate school systems and the English language, share stories, and work to develop facility in reading and writing across languages.
In, humanities scholar Aja Y. Martinez makes a compelling case for counterstory as methodology in rhetoric and writing studies through the well-established framework of critical race theory (CRT).
听features eight new essays, including six in the technology section, “Virtual Talk: Composing beyond the Word.”
share classroom vignettes, strategies, and resources for 鈥済oing public鈥� with literacy assessment through teacher collaboration with colleagues, with families, and with the community.
promotes an equitable and inclusive understanding of literacy. Mariana Souto-Manning and her teacher contributors explore how elementary teachers can welcome the voices and languages of their students into their classrooms in their pursuit of reading and writing experiences that showcase children鈥檚 skills and practices.
shares听a new theoretical approach to the study of writing by fusing key aspects of postmodern theory with the empirical sensibilities of composition studies and with that field鈥檚 long-standing investment in writerly agency.
is a听collection that explores decolonial shifts in composition and rhetoric informed by strategies for potentially decolonizing language and literacy practices, writing and rhetorical instruction, and research practices and methods.
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