Decisions, agency, and advising : key issues in the placement of multilingual writers into first-year composition courses

Abstract

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Saenkhum considers the role of agency in the placement of multilingual writers--including international students and U.S. residents or citizens who are non-native users of English--in U.S. college composition programs. Grounded in qualitative research and concerned equally with theory and practice--provided by publisher.

Investigating multilingual writers' placement decisions -- Negotiating placement vs. accepting placement -- Why self-assessing is crucial for placement -- Planning on and questioning about placement (and other acts of agency) -- Academic advising and the placement of multilingual writers -- Writing teachers and the placement of multilingual writer -- Student agency and placement decisions : theoretical discussion and practical recommendations