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.
|
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 71
Page
... literacy Introduction Literacy in everyday life The study of literacy Outline of the book 2 Talking about literacy Metaphors for literacy Theories and metaphors Definitions of literacy Literacy studies 3 The social basis of literacy ...
... literacy Introduction Literacy in everyday life The study of literacy Outline of the book 2 Talking about literacy Metaphors for literacy Theories and metaphors Definitions of literacy Literacy studies 3 The social basis of literacy ...
Page
... literacy studies for students and for general readers. It is also aimed at specialists in one area of study who wish to understand the significance of literacy studies for their own work. The book explores competing definitions of ...
... literacy studies for students and for general readers. It is also aimed at specialists in one area of study who wish to understand the significance of literacy studies for their own work. The book explores competing definitions of ...
Page
... study of literacy Outline of the book. Introduction. Rapid technological and social change is affecting what we know and how we communicate. The ... literacy Introduction Literacy in everyday life The study of literacy Outline of the book.
... study of literacy Outline of the book. Introduction. Rapid technological and social change is affecting what we know and how we communicate. The ... literacy Introduction Literacy in everyday life The study of literacy Outline of the book.
Page
... literacy. There are two starting points for the discussion: first, that of examining people's everyday reading and writing; and, secondly, the many areas of study which are contributing to new understandings of literacy. Literacy. in.
... literacy. There are two starting points for the discussion: first, that of examining people's everyday reading and writing; and, secondly, the many areas of study which are contributing to new understandings of literacy. Literacy. in.
Page
... literacy. The. study. of. literacy. There are many aspects of literacy to account for. Across a wide range of disciplines there has been an explosion of interest in literacy. Topics which were not mentioned a few years ago are now being ...
... literacy. The. study. of. literacy. There are many aspects of literacy to account for. Across a wide range of disciplines there has been an explosion of interest in literacy. Topics which were not mentioned a few years ago are now being ...
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 | |
End User License Agreement | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activities adult literacy alphabet analysis approaches to literacy areas associated Barton Cambridge University Press chapter child classroom Clevedon complex countries definitions of literacy different literacies discourse discourse community discussion domains ecological endangered languages English ethnography everyday examining example functional literacy Gaur genres Hamilton idea identify illiteracy important individual interaction intertextuality involved Ivanič language and literacy learning to read linguistic literacy events literacy practices literacy programmes literacy studies literate culture lives logographic London meaning mediates metaphor moribund languages Multilingual Multilingual literacies numeracy oral oral cultures participants particular people’s problems psychological reading and writing relation role scripts sense situation skills social practices society sociolinguistics spoken language story structure study of literacy talking about literacy teachers teaching technologies texts understanding Unesco Urdu vernacular view of literacy word workplace writing systems written and spoken written language