Reflections on Multiliterate Lives

This publication is rich in information and much can be learned from the stories. This work is highly recommended for anyone concerned with issues of second-language and education.

• AcknowledgementsDiane Belcher and Ulla Connor: Editors’ IntroductionPart I: Language Specialists as Language LearnersSuresh Canagarajah: The Fortunate Traveler: Shuttling Between Communities and Literacies by Economy ClassVijay K. Bhatia: Initiating into Academic Community: Some Autobiographical ReflectionsNils Erik Enkvist: Reminiscences of a Multilingual Life: A Personal Case HistoryHåkan Ringbom: Developing Literacy Can and Should Be Fun: But Only Sometimes IsAnna Söter: Straddling Three WorldsAdina Levine: How a Speaker of Two Second Languages Becomes a Writer in a Foreign LanguageAndrew D. Cohen: From L1 to L12: The Confessions of a Sometimes Frustrated MultiliterateRyuko Kubota: My Experience of Learning to Read and Write in Japanese as L1 and English as L2Miyuki Sasaki: An Introspective Account of L2 Writing AcquisitionJun Liu: Writing from Chinese to English: My Cultural TransformationPart II: Crossing Cultures Across the DisciplinesMing-Daw Tsai: Learning is a Lifelong ProcessLouis de Branges: Linguistic Experiences of a Mathematical CareerHooshang Hemami and Diane Belcher: Taking the Best from a Number of Worlds: An Interview with Hooshang HemamiAnahid Dervartanian Kulwicki: Growing up Trilingual: Memories of an Armenian/Arabic/English SpeakerRobert Agunga and Diane Belcher: How Can I Help Make a Difference? An Interview with Robert AgungaMaría Juliá and Diane Belcher: A Professional Academic Life in Two Languages: An Interview with María JuliáLuis Proenza and Ulla Connor: On Being a Citizen of the World: An Interview with Luis ProenzaSteven Beering and Ulla Connor: The Advantages of Starting Out Multilingual: An Interview with Steven BeeringAppendix: Guiding Questions