| Style, Identity and Literacy PB: English in Singapore Contributor(s): Stroud, Christopher (Author), Wee, Lionel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847695957 ISBN-13: 9781847695956 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 427.959 |
| LCCN: 2011035425 |
| Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Style, Identity and Literacy: English in Singapore is a qualitative study of the literacy practices of a group of Singaporean adolescents, relating their patterns of interaction - both inside and outside the classroom - to the different levels of social organization in Singaporean society (home, peer group and school). Combining field data gathered through a series of detailed interviews with available classroom observations, the study focuses on six adolescents from different ethnic and social backgrounds as they negotiate the learning of English against the backdrop of multilingual Singapore. This book provides social explanations for the difficulties and challenges these adolescents face by drawing on current developments in sociolinguistics, literacy studies, English language teaching and language policy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stroud, Christopher: - Christopher Stroud is Director of the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research and Senior Professor of Linguistics, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Professor of Transnational Multilingualism, Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University, Sweden. |
