Literacy Autobiographies from the Global South: An Autoethnographic Study of English Literacy in China

This book explores literacy, voice, translanguism, and critical pedagogy from a Global South perspective, using autoethnographic research on literacy autobiographies from a Chinese EFL writing context. It highlights the importance of reimagining literacy autobiographies as critical pedagogy for EFL writing teaching and learning, as well as teacher development.

Format: Hardback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Drawing on autoethnographic research on literacy autobiographies from a Chinese EFL writing context, this comprehensive book offers unique insights into literacy, voice, translanguism, and critical pedagogy from a Global South perspective. The book presents literacy autobiographies as a cultural tool for analyzing and refashioning learners and teachers' sense of self in ever-expanding dialogical spaces. In addition to highlighting teachers' own stories around autoethnographies and translanguaging, it showcases literacy autobiographies from Chinese students themselves. The book theorizes the Global South as an ontological positioning that challenges colonial mindsets and practices concerning literacy, language learning, and narratives. It argues that literacy autobiographies from a Global South perspective can be reimagined as critical pedagogy for EFL writing teaching and learning, as well as teacher development. By validating and expanding student voices through the presentation of these literacy autobiographies, this book will be of great interest to researchers and students in the fields of TESOL, applied linguistics, English language teaching, second language writing, and literacy studies.

Weight: 530g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032251981