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Literacy : An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (222 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781119485667
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.2/244
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Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Preface to the first edition -- 1 An integrated approach to 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 -- Practices and events -- Literacies and domains -- Broader social relations -- Literacy as communication -- Literacy as thought -- Values and awareness -- Individual history -- Social history -- 4 Researching literacy practices -- Researching literacy as social practice -- Research methods -- Local and community literacy practices -- Multilingual literacy practices -- Literacy is gendered -- Workplace literacy practices -- The social patterning of literacy practices -- 5 Literacy embedded in language -- Literacy and language -- Taking meaning from texts -- Language mediates -- 6 Configurations of language -- Written and spoken language are different -- Continua from written to spoken -- Configurations of language -- Decontextualized and explicit? -- 7 Writing systems and other notations -- Writing systems -- Other notations -- 8 Points in history -- Introduction -- The archaeology of literacy -- Literacy and historical change -- A social history of literacy -- 9 The roots of literacy -- Introduction -- Approaches to learning -- Learning to speak -- 10 Emergent literacy -- Reading to children -- Literacy events -- Writing -- Knowing about literacy -- 11 Public definitions of literacy -- The skill of reading -- Writer as scribe and as author -- The literary view of literacy -- The professional writer -- 12 School practices -- Introduction -- What goes on in schools -- 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 -- Global literacy -- Notes -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Preface to the first edition -- 1 An integrated approach to 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 -- Practices and events -- Literacies and domains -- Broader social relations -- Literacy as communication -- Literacy as thought -- Values and awareness -- Individual history -- Social history -- 4 Researching literacy practices -- Researching literacy as social practice -- Research methods -- Local and community literacy practices -- Multilingual literacy practices -- Literacy is gendered -- Workplace literacy practices -- The social patterning of literacy practices -- 5 Literacy embedded in language -- Literacy and language -- Taking meaning from texts -- Language mediates -- 6 Configurations of language -- Written and spoken language are different -- Continua from written to spoken -- Configurations of language -- Decontextualized and explicit? -- 7 Writing systems and other notations -- Writing systems -- Other notations -- 8 Points in history -- Introduction -- The archaeology of literacy -- Literacy and historical change -- A social history of literacy -- 9 The roots of literacy -- Introduction -- Approaches to learning -- Learning to speak -- 10 Emergent literacy -- Reading to children -- Literacy events -- Writing -- Knowing about literacy -- 11 Public definitions of literacy -- The skill of reading -- Writer as scribe and as author -- The literary view of literacy -- The professional writer -- 12 School practices -- Introduction -- What goes on in schools -- 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 -- Global literacy -- Notes -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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