ABSTRACT

Arguing that writing teachers need to enable students to recognize, negotiate with, deconstruct, and transcend national, racial, ethnic, and linguistic boundaries, this volume proposes a "transnational" framework as an alternative approach to literacy education and as a vital component to cultivating students as global citizens. In a field of evolving literacy practices, this volume builds off the three pillars of transnational writing education—translingualism, transculturalism, and cosmopolitanism—and offers both conceptual and practice-based support for scholars, students, and educators in order to address current issues of inclusion, multilingual learning, and diversity.

chapter 1|17 pages

Introduction

Making a Transnational Turn in Writing Education

part I|58 pages

Theory

chapter 2|20 pages

Rhetorical and Linguistic Flexibility

Valuing Heterogeneity in Academic Writing Education

chapter 3|20 pages

Transnationalism and Translingualism

How They Are Connected

chapter 4|16 pages

Writing is the Question, not the Answer

A Critical Cosmopolitan Approach to Writing in Neoliberal Times

part II|35 pages

History

chapter 5|16 pages

Translanguaging in Hiding

English-Only Instruction and Literacy Education in Nepal

chapter 6|17 pages

“Today the Need Arises” اليوم قد مسّت الحاجة

Arabic Student Writing at the Turn of the 20th Century

part III|140 pages

Practice

chapter 8|18 pages

Effects of Study-Abroad Experiences on L2 Writing

Insights From Published Research

chapter 9|14 pages

From Activity to Mobility Systems

Tracing Multilingual Literacies on the Move

chapter 10|17 pages

Technology-Mediated Transnational Writing Education

An Overview of Research and Practice

chapter 14|9 pages

Epilogue

A Perspective on Transnational Writing Education From a New York City Subway Train