Reflections on Multiliterate Lives BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM Series Editors: Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, Great Britain and Professor Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA Other Books in the Series At War With Diversity: US Language Policy in an Age of Anxiety James Crawford Bilingual Education and Social Change Rebecca Freeman English in Europe: The Acquisition of a Third Language Jasone Cenoz and Ulrike Jessner (eds) Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Colin Baker Japanese Children Abroad: Cultural, Educational and Language Issues Asako Yamada-Yamamoto and Brian Richards (eds) Languages in America: A Pluralist View Susan J. Dicker Learning English at School: Identity, Social Relations and Classroom Practice Kelleen Toohey Language, Power and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire Jim Cummins Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects Kendall A. King The Languages of Israel: Policy, Ideology and Practice Bernard Spolsky and Elana Shohamy The Sociopolitics of English Language Teaching Joan Kelly Hall and William G. Eggington (eds) Studies in Japanese Bilingualism Mary Goebel Noguchi and Sandra Fotos (eds) Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools Elizabeth Coelho Teaching Science to Language Minority Students Judith W. Rosenthal Other Books of Interest Beyond Bilingualism: Multilingualism and Multilingual Education Jasone Cenoz and Fred Genesee (eds) Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education Colin Baker and Sylvia Prys Jones Gua para padres y maestros de nios bilinges Alma Flor Ada and Colin Baker A Parents and Teachers Guide to Bilingualism Colin Baker Please contact us for the latest book information: Multilingual Matters, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, BS21 7HH, England http:/www.multilingual- BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM 26 Series Editors: Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger Reflections on Multiliterate Lives Edited by Diane Belcher and Ulla Connor MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD Clevedon Buffalo Toronto Sydney Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Reflections on Multiliterate Lives/Edited by Diane Belcher and Ulla Connor. Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: 26. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Multilingualism. 2. Literacy. 3. Autobiographies. I. Belcher, Diane Dewhurst. II. Connor, Ulla. III. Series. P115.R44 2001 404.2dc2100-050058 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1-85359-522-5 (hbk) ISBN 1-85359-521-7 (pbk) Multilingual Matters Ltd UK: Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon BS21 7HH. USA: UTP, 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA. Canada: UTP, 5201 Dufferin Street, North York, Ontario M3H 5T8, Canada. Australia: P.O. Box 586, Artarmon, NSW, Australia. Copyright 2001 Diane Belcher, Ulla Connor and the authors of individual chapters. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Wordworks Ltd, Gairloch. Printed and bound in Great Britain by the Cromwell Press Ltd. Contents viiAcknowledgements 1Diane Belcher and Ulla Connor Editors Introduction Part I: Language Specialists as Language Learners 23Suresh Canagarajah The Fortunate Traveler: Shuttling Between Communities and Literacies by Economy Class 38Vijay K. Bhatia Initiating into Academic Community: Some Autobiographical Reflections 51Nils Erik Enkvist Reminiscences of a Multilingual Life: A Personal Case History 60Hkan Ringbom Developing Literacy Can and Should Be Fun: But Only Sometimes Is 67Anna Ster Straddling Three Worlds 74Adina Levine How a Speaker of Two Second Languages Becomes a Writer in a Foreign Language 79Andrew D. Cohen From L1 to L12: The Confessions of a Sometimes Frustrated Multiliterate 96Ryuko Kubota My Experience of Learning to Read and Write in Japanese as L1 and English as L2 v 1 Belcher Steve Fox, for his inspiring work with student literacy autobiographies; Mike Grover and many others at Multilingual Matters, for their enthusiastic support of our project; Alan Hirvela and Andrea Lunsford, for their feedback and encouragement; Iveta Asons, Vera Belcher, and Darlene Oglesby, who helped immensely with the time-consuming task of transcribing; Peter Brandt and Stephen LeBeaufortheiramiabletechnicalassistance;andlastbutneverleast,John Connor and Jim Belcher, whose emotional and intellectual support we have come to count on. vii 3 Belcher Bailey Bell, 1997). Furtherevidenceofthegrowingrecognitionofthevalueofnarrativecan be found in the wealth of recently published collections of narratives in L1 and L2 studies recounting the experiences of language educators and writing teachers, e.g. Casanave Meyer (1996) Stories from the Heart; Roen et al. (1999) Living RhetoricandComposition,andTrimmer(1997)NarrationasKnowledge.Allof these collection