1st Edition

Adolescent Literacies in a Multicultural Context

Edited By Alister Cumming Copyright 2012
264 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents results from a four-year project addressing the central question: What factors, challenges, and contexts contribute to and constrain literacy achievement among at-risk adolescent learners with culturally diverse backgrounds? Researchers consider the importance of several, interrelated factors that support the development of adolescents’ literacies in multilingual contexts:... Read more
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Biography

Alister Cumming is Professor and Head of the Modern Language Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.