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Incongruity, Context, and Counter-Narrative: Challenging Assumptions About Multilingual Writers

Franklin, Joseph
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9906-3700
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430408685

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2015, Master of Arts, Miami University, English.
This thesis investigates underlying assumptions about culture and identity presented in the depiction of international students at Miami University from an anonymous letter printed in the Miami Student. Offering a more contextualized discussion of differences through an analysis of relevant histories and complexities informing possible assumptions, this thesis allows incongruities, such as those portrayed in the letter, to be positioned not merely as evidence of incapacities, but as resources for greater understanding between students and instructors. The thesis ends with a discussion of the findings from a study to develop strategies for more productive engagement across differences through the use of surveys and interviews conducted with students placed in Composition courses specifically for international, multilingual students.
LuMing Mao (Committee Chair)
James Porter (Committee Member)
Gabriele Bechtel (Committee Member)
62 p.
Composition; Education; Higher Education; Language; Multilingual Education; Rhetoric
multilingual writers; international students; composition; culture; multilingualism; second language writing; ESL; higher education; critical pedagogy; inclusive pedagogy; FYC

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  • Franklin, J. (2015). Incongruity, Context, and Counter-Narrative: Challenging Assumptions About Multilingual Writers [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430408685

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Franklin, Joseph. Incongruity, Context, and Counter-Narrative: Challenging Assumptions About Multilingual Writers. 2015. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430408685.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Franklin, Joseph. "Incongruity, Context, and Counter-Narrative: Challenging Assumptions About Multilingual Writers." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430408685

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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