Language Literacy And Diversity

This passage discusses the topic of Language, Literacy and Diversity and the research being done in this field. The focus is on the relationship between language and literacy and social mobility, multilingualism, and globalization. The volume explores the impact of local and global movements of people, language, and literacy on social practices, as well as the role of boundary maintenance or disruption in these contexts. The experiences of individuals in global, transnational, and translocal processes are also examined. The contributors also consider the dynamics of multilingualism in different settings and the management of multilingualism in socially stratified and ethnically diverse environments. The research presented in this volume covers various continents and addresses topics such as language practices, access, selection, social mobility, and gate-keeping processes.

Language, Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the innovative and important re-theorization of language and literacy in relation to social mobility, multilingualism and globalization. The volume examines local and global flows of people, language and literacy in relation to social practice; the role (and nature) of boundary maintenance or disruption in global, transnational and translocal contexts; and the lived experiences of individuals on the front lines of global, transnational and translocal processes. The contributors pay attention to the dynamics of multilingualism in located settings and the social and personal management of multilingualism in socially stratified and ethnically plural social settings. Together, they offer ground-breaking research on language practices and documentary practices as regards to access, selection, social mobility and gate-keeping processes in a range of settings across several continents: Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.