Encouraging the Expression of Linguistic Identity in Writing, Speaking, and Arguing

Category Scholarly References

Here you will find research articles, books, anthologies, and special issues of academic journals exploring code-meshing as a translingual writing strategy in the classroom and beyond.

Some of these resources include lesson plans and assignments that allow both domestic and international students to explore their diverse use of language outside of the dominant conventions of academic and professional writing.

Other resources are academic studies that have observed and traced the intricacies of mixed languages (including pidgins and creoles) around the globe and the diversity of dialects within a single language, like English.

Please note that the items appear in alphabetical order according to the short title, across several pages. Please explore!

“Language Difference in Writing”

Horner, B., Lu, M-Z., Royster, J., & Trimbur, J. (2011). Language difference in writing: Toward a translingual approach. College English, 73(3), 303-321. Find the article here.

“Language Diversity in the Classroom”

Smitherman, G., & Villanueva, V. (Eds.). (2003). Language diversity in the classroom: From intention to practice. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/9780809325320

“Literacy in Diverse Educational Contexts”

Kinloch, V., Ball, A., & Frànquiz, M. (Eds.). (2010). Research on literacy in diverse educational contexts [Special issue]. Research in the Teaching of English, 45(2). Find the introduction to the special issue here.

“Literacy as Translingual Practice”

Canagarajah, A. S. (Ed.). (2013). Literacy as translingual practice: Between communities and classrooms. Routledge. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/0415524660

“Making Face, Making Soul/ Haciendo Caras”

Anzaldúa, G. (Ed.). (1990). Making face, making soul/haciendo caras: Creative and critical perspectives by women of color. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Foundation. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/0933216742

“Me Fail English? That’s Unpossible!”

Forgione, A. & Radcliffe, A. (n.d.). Me fail English? That’s unpossible!: Multicultural literacies  Check out the online paper here: http://multiculturalliteracies.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/  

“Multilingual Academic Literacies”

Michael-Luna, S., & Canagarajah, A. S. (2007). Multilingual academic literacies: Pedagogical foundations for code meshing in primary and higher education. Journal of Applied Linguistics, 4(1), 55-77. Find the article at doi.org/10.1558/japl.v4i1.55

“Multilingual Strategies of Negotiating English”

Canagarajah, S. (2009). Multilingual strategies of negotiating English: From conversation to writing. JAC, 29(1/2), 17-48. Find the article here.

“Multiliteracies” Pedagogy

Cope, B., & Kalantzis, M. (Eds.). (2000). Multiliteracies: Literacy learning and design of social futures. London: Routledge. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/0415214211

“The Myth of Linguistic Homogeneity”

Matsuda, P. K. (2010). The myth of linguistic homogeneity in U.S. college composition. In B. Horner, M-Z Lu, and P. K. Matsuda (Eds.), Cross-language relations in composition (pp. 81-96). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. Find the book at worldcat.org/isbn/0809329824

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