Literacy, Language and Community Publishing : : Essays in Adult Education / / ed. by Jane Mace.

This book brings together theoretical and practical debates from adult literacy and language education with those of creative writing and community publishing work. Illustrated by accounts of first-hand experience, each chapter focuses on the practical business of achieving good learning and develop...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2023
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [1995]
©1995
Year of Publication:1995
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Notes on the Authors --
Introduction --
SECTION I: WRITERS, PUBLISHING AND LEARNING --
1. Sailing out from Safe Harbours: Writing for Publishing in Adult Basic Education --
2. Can't, Won't or Don't: Readers and Writers in Adult Education --
3. Working with Words: Active Learning in a Community Writing and Publishing Group --
SECTION II : FUNCTION AND CREATION --
4. 'You Can't Write Until You Can Spell': Attitudes to Writing amongst Adult Basic Education Students --
5. Working on Writing with Refugees --
6. Writers in Search of an Audience: Taking Writing from Personal to Public --
7. Reminiscence as Literacy: Intersections and Creative Moments --
SECTION III : LANGUAGE CHOICES AND INTENTIONS --
8. Disappearing Language: Fragments and Fractures Between Speech and Writing --
9. Controlling or Empowering? Writing Through a Scribe in Adult Basic Education --
10. Oral History and Bilingual Publishing --
11. Improving on the Blank Page --
Index
Summary:This book brings together theoretical and practical debates from adult literacy and language education with those of creative writing and community publishing work. Illustrated by accounts of first-hand experience, each chapter focuses on the practical business of achieving good learning and development opportunities for women and men of all ages.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781800418264
9783111024721
DOI:10.21832/9781800418264
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jane Mace.