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To commence the analysis with the two interviews that, among the articles found in Die Welt, represent most outspoken criticism on the usage of anglicisms in German, it is, first of all, interesting to note the striking parallels in the application of argumentative devices. These are generally reminiscent of purist discourse framing. Thus, at the […]

Digital Age Literacy is a category of 21st-century skills that includes but is not limited to basic proficiency with print-based text. Other Digital Age forms of literacy include the ability to read visual and multimodal texts, as well as technological and information literacy (NCREL, 2003). In terms of basic print literacy, it is worth noting […]

In public discourse, literacy is often narrowly construed as a skill set related to the decoding and encoding of print-based texts. However, this article draws from a sociocultural approach to literacy known as the New Literacy Studies (NLS) that provides a basis for more broadly conceptualizing writing and reading as communicative practices that are rooted […]

The students chosen to participate in these case studies are fifth, sixth, and seventh graders, ages 11—13, at a small public school (“Jefferson School”) in a large city in the eastern part of the United States. (The names of all people and places in this study were changed, to protect the anonymity of participants.) Jefferson […]

Through TSE, these young women and men have revealed much about what they believe about the writing instruction practices that are one focus of our professional lives. In city schools, where many youth reject traditional literacy opportunities as questionably relevant interruptions in their lives, English educators might contemplate any avenue through which we can promote […]