Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages: Meaning with Power

This book addresses the challenges that advanced literacy presents for students from all backgrounds in our ever-changing society. It brings together research on students' development of advanced literacy skills, with a focus both on bilingual contexts and English as a second language (ESL) contexts. It also addresses the challenges of advanced literacy for native speakers of English, including students for whom standard English is a second dialect.

Anyone working on teacher training and literacy research can benefit from the multiple aspects presented in this book. Advanced literacy for all may be a utopian goal, but those working in institutions of higher learning should at least be aware of the challenges on the way, as well as the remedies available to their students on the journey.