International Students' Multilingual Literacy Practices by Pe... - 9781800415553

International Students' Multilingual Literacy PracticesAn Asset-based Approach to Understanding Academic Discourse Socialization\nAuthor(s): Peter I. De Costa, Wendy Li, Jongbong Lee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Multilingual Matters, United Kingdom\nImprint: Multilingual Matters\nISBN-13: 9781800415553, 978-1800415553\nSynopsis\nThis book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explores how the students developed their foreign-student identities and their own ways of grappling with the unique issues they encountered as they worked to improve their academic literacy skills. The book extends the theoretical horizons of language socialization research by integrating insights from other disciplinary frameworks, such as a translingual approach, multilingual literacies and writing center theory, to explore international students university experiences. By adopting these varied lenses, the book prov.