Functional Literacy

• 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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