Living Languages: Contexts for Reading and Writing

by Nancy Buffington

This thematic reader focuses on the central and dynamic role of language throughout readers' lives. It invites students to reflect and write their way toward a deeper critical understanding of their own language use and the workings of the languages which surround them.The book is organized chronologically, beginning with an exploration of previous language experiences in the home, community, and pre-college schooling, then progressing to an introduction to language use in higher education, professional life, and civic life, including explorations of popular culture and literary language. Writing Into Worlds encourages readers to recognize, reflect upon, and practice participating in the range of linguistic worlds that they have lived in and will move into during their lives.

462 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 1997