AREA 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Amber Williams Deig, University of Southern Mississippi

Mikel Cole, University of Houston

Multimodal composing for empowerment: Multilingual students’ strengths in science - Amber Williams Deig, University of Southern Mississippi

Translanguaging in Science Classrooms: Exploring Middle-school Science Teachers’ Planning, Enactments, and Perceptions of TL Implementations - Hien Thi Tran, University of Houston; A K M Iftekharul Alam Chowdhury, Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University of Houston; Jie Zhang, University of Houston; Zhenjie Hou, University of Houston; Sissy S. Wong, University of Houston; Laveria F Hutchison, University of Houston

Grassroots Literacy Practices in Content Areas: How Multilingual and Monolingual Adolescents Use Peer Interaction to Develop Literacy and Disciplinary Literacy Practices - Jina Byeon, University at Albany SUNY; Julie Learned, University at Albany SUNY