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Academic literacy and the languages of change /
This book is an analysis of student literacy in an academic setting, and how this has changed due to political, economic and social factors. The contributors, who are all engaged in academic literacy work at a South African university, use the theoretical tradition of New Literacy Studies as develop...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This book is an analysis of student literacy in an academic setting, and how this has changed due to political, economic and social factors. The contributors, who are all engaged in academic literacy work at a South African university, use the theoretical tradition of New Literacy Studies as developed by theorists such as James Gee, Brian Street and Gnnther Kress, and apply this to a case study of one university in the changing context of South Africa. Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change will be of interest to postgraduates and academics researching sociolinguistics, or language and. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847142528 1847142524 9780826487759 0826487750 1281295124 9781281295125 9781474211680 1474211682 9781441112712 9786611295127 6611295127 1441112715 |