ERIC Number: EJ1195889
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Publication Date: 2018-Nov
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Modern Languages, Bilingual Education, and Translation Studies: The Next Frontiers in WAC/WID Research and Instruction?
Gentil, Guillaume
Across the Disciplines, v15 n3 p114-129 Nov 2018
Linguistic and cultural diversity is a common feature of Canadian and U.S. postsecondary demographics, yet Canada's official bilingualism has created unique demands and opportunities for bilingual WAC/WID development and instruction. This article first situates bi- and multilingual WID needs and practices in Canadian academia within the country's broader demographic, historical, and legal contexts. It then illustrates the challenges of bilingual English-French WID by means of a case study, and suggests ways to address these challenges by describing a course in academic biliteracy recently developed within a modern language department. These examples serve to underscore the potential of cross-pollinating WAC/WID with modern languages, bilingual education, and translation, and help to anchor a more theoretical discussion on how the biliteracy and translanguaging approach to WAC/WID that is proposed here relates to the translingual approach that has been advocated in U.S. composition.
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Bilingual Education, Translation, Writing Across the Curriculum, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, English, French, Writing (Composition), Case Studies
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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