Literacy : : An Introduction / / Randal Holme.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Holme, Randal,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748616893);Literacy studies is a growing field within applied linguistics, education and media studies. Despite the field's new prominence, current treatments are often weighted towards the propagation of a particular view or approach.This book provides a more balanced understanding, arguing that:literacy must be examined through a balance of approaches if we are to appreciate its true natureliteracy cannot be described simply as situated, social activityliteracy is the sign systems and the uses of language that foster and reflect its social existence. literacy is a property of mind. The book helps the reader to understand some of the currents of thought, whether post modernist, cognitivist, or Vygotskian, on which its larger analysis is based. Written in an engaging and lucid style, it contains a glossary and exercises to help and develop the reader's understanding."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Part I. The Socio-Economic Nature of Literacy -- Chapter 1. Functional Literacy -- Chapter 2. Critical Literacy -- Chapter 3. From Literacy to Literacies -- Chapter 4. Literacy and Language Choice -- Part II. Sign -- Chapter 5. Understanding Sign -- Chapter 6. Writing -- Chapter 7. Writing through Time -- Chapter 8. The Nature of Writing -- Part III. The Language of Literacy -- Chapter 9. Basic Differences between Speech and Writing -- Chapter 10. Dimensions of Difference between Spoken and Written Language -- Chapter 11. Written Language in Context -- Part IV. Literacy as Mind -- Chapter 12. Social Practice and a Socio-historical Theory of Mind -- Chapter 13. Great Divide Theory -- Chapter 14. Literacy and Patterns of Mind -- Part V. Conclusions -- Chapter 15. The Social Nature of Literacy -- Glossary -- References -- Index