Functional literacy : theoretical issues and educational implications /

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Imprint:Amsterdam : Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1994.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 493 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Studies in written language and literacy, 0929-7324 ; v. 1
Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 1.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11211959
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Other authors / contributors:Verhoeven, Ludo Th.
ISBN:9789027283016
902728301X
9027217912
9789027217912
9027217920
9789027217929
1556193165
9781556193163
1556193173
9781556193170
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The purpose of the volume is to open up new perspectives in the study of literacy by bringing together current research findings from linguistics, psychology, sociology and anthropology. The book divides into five parts. The first part deals with theoretical questions related to the definition and the modeling of the construct of functional literacy. The second part goes into the notion of literacy development. Both societal and individual aspects of literacy development are taken into account. In the next two parts the actual achievement of literacy in various regions of the world is dealt wi.
Other form:Print version: Functional literacy. Amsterdam : Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1994