Functional literacy : theoretical issues and educational implications /

Functional literacy : theoretical issues and educational implications /

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	Functional literacy -- Philosophy. Functional literacy -- Social aspects. Language and languages -- Study and teaching. Functional literacy -- Philosophy. Functional literacy -- Social aspects. Language and languages -- Study and teaching. Electronic books.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. Modeling and promoting functional literacy
4. Part 1: The construct of functional literacy
5. Literacy, myths and legacies
6. The\construct of oral and written language
7. Text processing and its relevance for literacy
8. Cross-cultural perspectives on literacy
9. Functional literacy in a changing world
10. Part 2: Literacy and development
11. Literacy and the making of the Western mind
12. The\cognitive psychology of literacy
13. Socio-cultural determinants of literacy development
14. The\social impact of literacy
15. Linguistic diversity and literacy development
16. Part 3: Attaining literacy in developing societies
17. Problems and pseudo-problems in literacy development
18. Continua of biliteracy
19. Literacy education and gender
20. Literacy and development in South-East Asia
21. Literacy and development in Africa
22. Part 4: Attaining literacy in industrialized societies
23. Writing systems and literacy
24. Assesment of adult literacy difficulties
25. Emergent literacy and education
26. Towards a taxonomy of early literacy difficulties
27. Dialogue systems and interactive literacy instruction
28. Part 5: Promoting functional standards of literacy
29. A\comparative perspective on functional literacy levels
30. Towards a socio-cultural model of literacy education
31. The\question of functionality in literacy
32. Literacy for work programs
33. Literacy in a global perspective
34. Subject index
35. List of contributors