Critical Literacy with Adolescent English Language Learners: Exploring Policy and Practice in Global Contexts

This book explores critical literacy in language and literacy learning, particularly for English as an Additional Language learners in schools. It examines how English language teachers understand and enact critical literacy in classrooms with diverse language backgrounds, highlighting the construction of critical literacy in education policy and its impact on teaching practices.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 190 pages
\n Publication date: 25 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This comprehensive book delves into the realm of critical literacy within language and literacy learning, with a special emphasis on English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in schools who often lack the same exposure to critical literacy as native-English speakers. A significant and groundbreaking contribution to the existing literature, this book elucidates how English language teachers comprehend and implement critical literacy in classrooms with adolescent EAL learners from diverse linguistic backgrounds.

The book brings together the exploration of two interconnected phenomena: how critical literacy is constructed in English language education policies for adolescent EAL learners globally, and how critical literacy is understood and enacted by teachers amidst the so-called 'literacy crisis in neoliberal eduscapes.' The work traces the ways critical literacy has been portrayed in English language education policies for adolescents in five contexts: Australia, England, Sweden, Canada, and the United States. Through a comparative analysis of these policies, the book sheds light on how they construct critical literacy, ultimately positioning critical engagement as a central focus for English language teachers working with EAL learners.

Empirically grounded and accessible in its writing, this timely book holds immense interest for a broad spectrum of academics engaged in the fields of adolescent literacy education, English language learning and teaching, education policy analysis, and critical discourse studies. It also resonates with teachers, post-graduate students, and language education policy makers, offering valuable insights and practical applications.

\n Weight: 330g\n
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781032005966\n \n