Reflections on Multiliterate Lives

Abstract

Part I Language specialist as language learners: the fortunate traveller - shuttling between communities and literacies by economy class, Suresh Canaparajah initiating into academic community, Vijay K. Bhatia reminiscences of multilingual life, Nils Erik Enkvist developing literacy can and should be fun - but only sometimes is, Hakan Ringbom straddling three worlds, Anna Soter a speaker of two second languages becomes a writer in a foreign language, Adina Levine from L1 to L12 - the confessions of a sometimes frustrated multilateral, Andrew D. Cohen my experience of learning to read and write in Japanese as L1 and English L2, Ryuko Kubota an introspectives account of L2 writing acquistion, Miyuki Sasaki writing from Chinese to English, Jun Liu. Part II Crossing cultures across the disciplines: learning is a life-long process, Ming-Daw Tsai linguistic experiences of a mathematical career, Louis de Branges taking the best from a number of worlds - an interview, Hooshang Hemami & Diane Belcher growing up trilingual - memories of an Armenian/Arabic/English speaker, Anahid Dervartanian Kulwicki how can I help make a difference? - an interview, Maria Julia & Daine Belcher on being a citizen of the world - an interview, Luis Proenza & Ulla Connor the advantages of starting out multilingual - an interview, Steven Beering & Ulla Connor.