Enacting and Transforming Local Language Policies

College Composition and Communication Jun 2011

Enacting and Transforming Local Language Policies

Christine M. Tardy DePaul University

Abstract

Exploring language practices, beliefs, and management in a first-year writing program, this article considers the obstacles to and opportunities for transforming languagepolicy and enacting a new multilingual norm in U.S. postsecondary writing instruction. It argues that the articulation of statements regarding language diversity, co-developedby teachers and program administrators, is a valuable step in viewing and constructing the classroom as a multilingual space.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2011-06-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc201115874
Open Access: Closed
Topics: first-year composition writing pedagogy writing program administration multilingual writers

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