Dimensions of literacy a conceptual base for teaching reading and writing in school settings /
This popular text, now in its third edition, "unpackages" the various dimensions of literacy ? linguistic (the nature of language, oral-written language relationships, language variation); cognitive (constructive nature of perception, the reading process, understanding written discourse, t...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | This popular text, now in its third edition, "unpackages" the various dimensions of literacy ? linguistic (the nature of language, oral-written language relationships, language variation); cognitive (constructive nature of perception, the reading process, understanding written discourse, the writing process); sociocultural (literacy as social practices, authority of written discourse); and developmental (constructing the written language system) ? and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 370 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-359) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203879795 (electronic bk.) 0203879791 (electronic bk.) |