Description
A world of diversity brings along the necessity for multilingual perspectives. People must unite and understand each other more than ever before to overcome the challenges of miscommunication across borders. Today’s educators aim to value linguistic diversity in their daily curriculums to encourage emotional intelligence and empathy for new generations to alter the world into a more civilized and peaceful setting.
Global and Transformative Approaches Toward Linguistic Diversity discusses pedagogical approaches to including linguistic diversity in a classroom setting. This book also explores questions and critiques on linguistic diversity as well as themes and thematic questions. Covering topics such as grammatical diversity, multilingualism, and semantic transfer, it serves as an essential resource for pre-service teachers, policymakers, faculty and administration of both K-12 and higher education, TESOL scholars, multilingual writers, activists, linguists, educators, researchers, and academicians.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Sarah DeCapua (Ed.)
Sarah E. DeCapua is Assistant Professor in Residence in the First-Year Writing Program at the University of Connecticut (Storrs), where she teaches primarily Second Language Writing. She received her PhD in Composition and TESOL in 2016 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where her dissertation research explored student response to written teacher feedback in First-Year Composition. Her research interests include Second Language Writing, student response to instructor feedback, rhetoric, and writing program administration.
Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu (Ed.)
Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoğlu gained her Ph.D. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Composition/Rhetoric and Applied Linguistics/TESOL. Her knowledge and experience lie in the areas of English language, literacy, culture, and writing. She is an expert on global perspectives on language and literacy policies, practices and English language learning and writing programs. She has extensive English Language teaching experience in American public schools and universities. She served as a chair in English Departments, where she developed English language programs depending on her students’ unique and diverse needs. The recent course she has given was a graduate-level course to certified American schoolteachers to provide them leadership and skills on language teaching methods for multicultural students. Her research interests are linguistic analysis, the poetic and creative function of English as an additional language, writing program development, English for academic purposes, cultural studies and social justice.