Functional Literacy

Theoretical issues and educational implications

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Ludo Verhoeven | University of Tilburg

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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 with. In part 3 the focus is on attaining literacy in developing societies, and in part 4 on attaining literacy in industrialized societies. In the final part the question is raised how functional literacy can be promoted through education. Starting from a cross-cultural perspective the central issue is how standards of functional literacy can be established throughout the world.

[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 1] 1994. viii, 493 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 July 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.1

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | p. vii

Introduction | p. 1

Modeling and promoting functional literacy

Ludo Verhoeven | p. 3

Part 1: The construct of functional literacy

Literacy, myths and legacies: lessons from the history of literacy

Harvey J. Graff | p. 37

The construct of oral and written language

Claire Blanche-Benveniste | p. 61

Text processing and its relevance for literacy

Leo Noordman | p. 75

Cross-cultural perspectives on literacy

Brian Street | p. 95

Functional literacy in a changing world

Kenneth Levine | p. 113

Part 2: Literacy and development

Literacy and the making of the Western mind

David R. Olson | p. 135

The cognitive psychology of literacy: some basic findings

Paul Bertelson | p. 151

Socio-cultural determinants of literacy development

Paul Leseman | p. 163

The social impact of literacy

David Barton | p. 185

Linguistic diversity and literacy development

Ludo Verhoeven | p. 199

Part 3: Attaining literacy in developing societies

Problems and pseudo-problems in literacy development: focus on Latin America

Emilia Ferreiro | p. 223

Continua of biliteracy: Quechua and empowerment in Peru

Nancy H. Hornberger | p. 237

Literacy education and gender: the case of Honduras

Monique van der Westen | p. 257

Literacy and development in South-East Asia

Chander J. Daswani | p. 279

Literacy and development in Africa: the case of Tanzania

Josephine Yambi | p. 291

Part 4: Attaining literacy in industrialized societies

Writing systems and literacy: the alphabetic myth revisited

Florian Coulmas | p. 305

Assesment of adult literacy difficulties

Cees Doets | p. 321

Emergent literacy and education

Clotilde Pontecorvo | p. 333

Towards a taxonomy of early literacy difficulties

Aryan van der Leij | p. 349

Dialogue systems and interactive literacy instruction

Don Bouwhuis | p. 371

Part 5: Promoting functional standards of literacy

A comparative perspective on functional literacy levels

William Loxley | p. 389

Towards a socio-cultural model of literacy education

Leo Dubbeldam | p. 405

The question of functionality in literacy: a systemic approach

Jennifer Hammond | p. 425

Literacy for work programs

Jan Ooijens | p. 445

Literacy in a global perspective: the year 2000 and beyond

Daniel Wagner | p. 473

Subject index | p. 485

List of contributors | p. 491

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Subjects

Linguistics

Writing and literacy

Applied linguistics

Language teaching

Main BIC Subject

CF: Linguistics

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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ONIX 2.1

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