Frontmatter -- NEW PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual and Empirical Background -- 3 Making Sense of Histories and Literate Legacies -- 4 Literacy and Writing Discourses -- 5 Writing as a Power Differential -- 6 Written Texts as Organic Outgrowth of Complex Linguistic and Cultural Repertoires -- 7 Social and Institutional Lived Experiences -- 8 Mechanics and Practicalities -- 9 Implications, Recommendations and Potential Further Directions -- References -- Index