Literacy Practices in Transition

Anne Pitkänen-Huhta received her academic training at the universities of Jyväskylä and Lancaster. She is currently a professor of English, language learning and teaching at the Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä. Her research focuses on multilingual literacy and discourse practices, especially of young people, and foreign language learning in formal and informal contexts. Her research employs ethnographic and discourse analytic methods.Lars Holm holds a PhD in literacy and globalization and is currently associate professor at the Department of Education, Aarhus University. His research focuses on literacy and language practices in complex multilingual and postcolonial settings and on concepts and practices in literacy and language testing in education.

This book offers a new and much needed road map for understanding how literacies shape our lives today. Not only do the individual research studies from the Nordic countries make interesting reading, but they also show in fine detail how multilingual diversity has diversified recently. It is an essential read. What an innovative book!

• Preface Lars Holm and Anne Pitkänen-Huhta: Literacy Practices in Transition: Setting the Scene Section I: Literacy and Identities in Transition Chapter 1: Anne Golden and Elizabeth Lanza: Narratives on Literacies: Adult Migrants’ Identity Construction in Interaction Chapter 2: Åsa Wedin: Literacy in Negotiating, Constructing and Manifesting Identities: The Case of Immigrant Unaccompanied Refugee Boys in Sweden Chapter 3: Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta: Privileging Identity Positions and Multimodal Communication in Textual Practices. Intersectionality and the (Re)negotiation of Boundaries Section II: Local Practices in Transition Chapter 4: Line Møller Daugaard and Helle Pia Laursen: Multilingual Classrooms as Sites of Negotiations of Language and Literacy Chapter 5: Mia Halonen: Skills as Performances: Literacy Practices of Finnish Sixth-graders Chapter 6: Monica Axelsson and Kristina Danielsson: Multimodality in the Science Classroom Chapter 7: Laura McCambridge and Anne Pitkänen-Huhta: Discourses of Literacy on an International Master’s Programme: Examining Students’ Academic Writing Norms Section III: Policies and Practices in Transition Chapter 8: Lars Holm and Sari Pöyhönen: Localising Supranational Concepts of Literacy in Adult Second Language Teaching Chapter 9: Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad and Anne Marit Vesteraas Danbolt: Teacher Reflections under Changing Conditions for Literacy Learning in Multicultural Schools in Oslo Chapter 10: Rita Hvistendahl: Bilingual teachers: Making a Difference? Afterword: David Barton: On the Move: Transitions in Literacy Research