Culturally Sustaining Systemic Functional Linguistics Praxis : Embodied Inquiry with Multilingual Youth (Paperback)

1. Introduction: Why this work? Organization of the book 2. Description of the theoretical tenets and pedagogical design of our CS SFL praxis 3.Building blocks with block-building 4.Congruent modalities: Photography and storytelling (case studies and two short interludes from youth members) 5.Walking Neighborhoods and Mapping Assets and Deficits of Communities (interlude from urban geographer) 6.Embodying issues and solutions: Rehearsing, presenting and performing (drawn from Harman and Varga-Dobai’s (2012) article on Latina Girls speak out and her current work) (Interlude from youth and adult member of group) 7.Teacher Voices: How Educators perceive their work during and after engagement with the CS SFL approach in our Youth! Art Institute (Interludes of teachers interwoven into chapter) 8.Theoretical reflections on the affordances and challenges of this work. (Interlude from doctoral student) 9.Bringing it all together: Implications and future work