{"product_id":"rethinking-language-transfer-in-writing","title":"Rethinking Language Transfer in Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling read that will spark debate in the field with its humanizing and scientifically-grounded counter-narrative to several decades of reductive research\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges the widely held belief that Arab writers’ English texts are shaped by the rhetorical traditions of Classical Arabic. Moving beyond contrastive rhetoric, it adopts a contextual, writer-centered approach that foregrounds literacy socialization, education and lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough life-history case studies of five Arab graduate students, the book shows how diglossia, uneven literacy instruction and limited engagement with written Arabic complicate assumptions about L1-to-L2 transfer. Rather than drawing on Classical Arabic, many writers are effectively learning to write in English without a stable written model in their first language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely intervention in second language writing and literacy studies, this book calls for a fundamental rethinking of how Arab L2 writers – and L2 writing more broadly – are understood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507626615157,"sku":"9781788927796","price":109.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/rethinking-language-transfer-in-writing","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}