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    1. codemeshing this studentuses as well as the way the feedback she gets influ-ences her writing and her critical thinking.

      valuable perspective for a research project

    2. these prac-tices make these students more academically suc-cessful and more confident in the use of theirlanguages.

      this article is just an introduction, but we get insight into really relevant topics

    3. They havealso experienced multilingualism themselves,and their multilingual backgrounds includelanguages such as Tamil, Hebrew, Frisian, Dutch,Basque, Spanish, German, Italian, Mandarin,and English

      differing perspectives, but have all firsthand faced the issue

    4. literacy cannot be considereda static skill but should be considered as multipleliteracy practices that vary across languages, cul-tures, and contexts

      their definition of what literacy should be

    5. Because of their richer experience with lan-guages, bilingual and multilingual speakers ofa language can also manifest creativity and lan-guage playfulness,

      what is language playfulness?

    6. metrolingualism to refer to "creativelinguistic conditions across space and borders ofculture, history, and politics, as a way to move be-yond current terms such as multilingualism andmulticulturalism

      new terms that are very valuable

    7. itcan provide better access to the curricu-lum and has the function of differentiating class-room activities

      codeswitching can allow students to better understand the material

    8. other modes such as images,diagrams, pictures, icons, video, and color are anintegral part of communication.

      new and interesting point, language does not have to be everything because it isnt the only form of communication

    9. the idea that non-native speakers are deficient communicators isstill widespread

      this is a great point to bring up, basically what they are arguing against (and has a lot to do with this class)

    10. learning a secondor additional language has an influence on thewhole cognitive system

      highlights the value of multilingual speakers, wouldnt that be good for literacy?