Publications

Publication details [#46026]

Maybin, Janet. 2007. Literacy Under and Over the Desk: Oppositions and Heterogeneity. Language & Education 21 (6) : 515–530.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

literacy | school | standard1 vs. dialect2 | vernacular

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Drawing on data regarding ‘unofficial’ and ‘official’ literacy activities from 10 and 11-year-old pupils in two British primary schools, this study argues that the division between ‘vernacular (home)’ and ‘schooled’ literacy is not as well-defined as sometimes believed.