Multicultural Literacy for Faculty: Accommodating Non-Native Speakers of English in Content Courses.

Wiener, Harvey S.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Multicultural Literacy for Faculty: Accommodating Non-Native Speakers of English in Content Courses.

Wiener, Harvey S.

Rhetoric Review, v4 n1 p100-07 Sep 1985

Defines and discusses "multicultural literacy." Maintains that multicultural literacy for teachers would permit a growing culturally diverse student population to fulfill the purpose of education within the context of each student's special linguistic and cultural gifts. (EL)

Descriptors: College English, Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Educational Theories, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Usage, Literacy, Student Needs, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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