Representations of Language Learning and Literacy

<p>Representations of language learning and literacy also known as “literacy narratives” are a staple of literature. They tell stories of conflict that illuminate the sociocultural dynamics whereby we learn to speak read and write. Yet they tend to be read as stories about the “powers” of language and literacy – the power to make someone “human” to form identity and improve one’s social status. This book introduces the “literacy narrative approach” a methodology for the study of literacy narratives that accounts for the conflict that pervades them. It achieves this by focussing on how the texts represent the interactions between writing and other semiotic modes (multimodality).</p><p>Sitting at the interface between theory and practice it provides three practical applications of the literacy narrative approach and in the process develops a theoretical perspective for thinking about language learning literacy and communication as they are practised in the real world.</p>