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Translingual practice : global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations / Suresh Canagarajah.

By: Canagarajah, A. Suresh.
Publisher: Abingdon, NY : Routledge, 2013Description: 216 p. : 24 cm. cov. ill.ISBN: 9780415683982; 9780415684002 (pbk.); 9780203073889 (ebook).Subject(s): Multilingualism -- Social aspects | English language -- Globalization | Intercultural communication | Second language acquisition | SociolinguisticsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.44/6 Online resources: Publisher website. | Check the Ottawa Public Library.
Contents:
1 Introduction -- 2 Theorizing translingual practice -- 3 Recovering translingual practices -- 4 English as translingual -- 5 Translingual negotiation strategies -- 6Pluralizing academic writing -- 7 Negotiating translingual literacy -- 8 Reconfiguring translocal spaces -- 9 Developing performative competence -- 10 Toward a dialogical cosmopolitanism.
Summary: Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations introduces a new way of looking at the use of English within a global context. Challenging traditional approaches in second language acquisition and English language teaching, this book incorporates recent advances in multilingual studies, sociolinguistics, and new literacy studies to articulate a new perspective on this area. Canagarajah argues that multilinguals merge their own languages and values into English, which opens up various negotiation strategies that help them decode other unique varieties of English and construct new norms. Incisive and groundbreaking, this will be essential reading for anyone interested in multilingualism, world Englishes and intercultural communication. (back over)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction -- 2 Theorizing translingual practice -- 3 Recovering translingual practices -- 4 English as translingual -- 5 Translingual negotiation strategies -- 6Pluralizing academic writing -- 7 Negotiating translingual literacy -- 8 Reconfiguring translocal spaces -- 9 Developing performative competence -- 10 Toward a dialogical cosmopolitanism.

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Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations introduces a new way of looking at the use of English within a global context. Challenging traditional approaches in second language acquisition and English language teaching, this book incorporates recent advances in multilingual studies, sociolinguistics, and new literacy studies to articulate a new perspective on this area. Canagarajah argues that multilinguals merge their own languages and values into English, which opens up various negotiation strategies that help them decode other unique varieties of English and construct new norms.
Incisive and groundbreaking, this will be essential reading for anyone interested in multilingualism, world Englishes and intercultural communication. (back over)

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