Yand studied English while caring for his dying mother, eventually earning his PhD. He wrote about it all in Chinese, and, increasingly, in English. Here Yang (English writing, U of Nationalities) expands his and his readers' knowledge of developing and expressing an identity in English through autobiographical writing, like his. Yang examines and develops the phenomenon of autobiographical writing in English, a language that seems to lend itself well to the style, through analysis of four case studies. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The book explores the pedagogical potential of autobiographical writing in English-as-a-foreign language, approaching the topic from an educational, longitudinal, dialogical, and social perspective. Through a number of case studies, the author delineates four phases that EFL writers may experience in their identity construction processes, illustrating the complexity of EFL writers’ social identities. This book will provide a valuable resource for language teachers and researchers interested in the pedagogical applications of autobiographical writing.
