Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written LanguageThis introduction to the expanding field of literacy studies has been fully revised for the second edition. It explores recent developments and new research that has contributed to our understanding of literacy practices, reflecting on the interdisciplinary growth of the study of reading and writing over the past decade.
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... Literacy as language 13 Adults and world literacy Introduction Functional literacy Industrialized countries Not literate in a literate world Language issues in adult literacy 14 Some implications of an ecological view Literacy in education ...
... Literacy as language 13 Adults and world literacy Introduction Functional literacy Industrialized countries Not literate in a literate world Language issues in adult literacy 14 Some implications of an ecological view Literacy in education ...
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... adults in countries like Britain and the United States are not satisfied with their levels of literacy. After three decades of adult literacy provision in such countries, what was thought of as a minor social problem has not been solved ...
... adults in countries like Britain and the United States are not satisfied with their levels of literacy. After three decades of adult literacy provision in such countries, what was thought of as a minor social problem has not been solved ...
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... adult literacy provision. All sorts of people talk about literacy and make assumptions about it, both within education and beyond it. The business manager bemoans the lack of literacy skills in the workforce. The politician wants to ...
... adult literacy provision. All sorts of people talk about literacy and make assumptions about it, both within education and beyond it. The business manager bemoans the lack of literacy skills in the workforce. The politician wants to ...
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... literacy, emergent literacy learning in schools learning at home, in the community, at work adult learning, adult literacy, adults returning to study the politics of literacy, literacy and power These are the topics I will be drawing ...
... literacy, emergent literacy learning in schools learning at home, in the community, at work adult learning, adult literacy, adults returning to study the politics of literacy, literacy and power These are the topics I will be drawing ...
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... literacy in supporting endangered languages. In the final chapter some suggestions are made of how schools and adult literacy programmes can take account of these views of literacy, and some directions are suggested for developing an ...
... literacy in supporting endangered languages. In the final chapter some suggestions are made of how schools and adult literacy programmes can take account of these views of literacy, and some directions are suggested for developing an ...
Contents
The social basis of literacy | |
Researching literacy practices | |
Literacy embedded in language | |
Configurations of language | |
Writing systems and other notations | |
Points in history | |
The roots of literacy | |
Emergent literacy | |
Public definitions of literacy | |
School practices | |
Adults and world literacy | |
Some implications of an ecological view | |
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