Understanding Literacy Development : a Global View.

The volume provides a global view of literacy development across cultures, countries, and circumstances. It brings together leading experts in the field of literacy education to explore ways to provide teaching and learning opportunites.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005.
Subjects:
Reading > Cross-cultural studies.
Literacy > Cross-cultural studies.
Lecture > Études transculturelles.
Literacy
Reading
Electronic resource.
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Developing Literacy: Themes and Issues
  • I: Improving School-Based Literacy Development
  • 2 The Child's Route Into Literacy: A Double-Track Journey
  • 3 How to Avoid Reading Failure: Teach Phonemic Awareness
  • 4 Teaching Reading Comprehension
  • 5 A Cross-Language Perspective on Learning to Read
  • II: Literacy Development Beyond the School Walls
  • 6 Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Cultural Construction
  • 7 Family Literacy in Canada: Foundation to a Literate Society
  • 8 Understanding the Everyday: Adult Lives, Literacies, and Informal Learning
  • III: Changing Literacy Practices
  • 9 Literacy and Diversity: Challenges of Change
  • 10 Literacies Within Classrooms: Whose and for What Purpose?
  • 11 Lessons From the Reading Clinic
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.

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