Language and Literacy

Faculty in this area do research in a variety of sub-fields dealing with language (e.g., first and second language learning, sociolinguistics) and literacy studies. The language sub-fields include bilingualism/multilingualism of ESL/ELL and heritage learners, language socialization, sociolinguistics of education, language and identity, and the use of technology in language teaching and learning in the schools. The literacy sub-fields encompass issues in composition and rhetoric, including history and theory of composition and writing instruction, writing in the disciplines and writing across the curriculum, assessment of writing, sociolinguistics of literacy, including classroom discourse and the construction of knowledge, and the impact of digital technologies on writing and communication.

Please view the webpages of faculty and affiliates to learn more about the research being conducted in this area.

Faculty
Chuck Bazerman
Dorothy Chun
Jenny Cook-Gumperz
Richard Duran
Judith Green
Amy Kyratzis
Jin Sook Lee
Jason Raley

Affiliates
Linda Adler-Kasner, Writing Program
Karen Lunsford, Writing Program

updated 8/24/12

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