The social construction of literacy / edited by Jenny Cook-Gumperz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook-Gumperz, Jenny.

Series:

Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 25.

Studies in interactional sociolinguistics ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy.

Sociolinguistics.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

xiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Summary:

A study of how children acquire literacy, viewing literacy acquisition as a socially constructed process.

Contents:

1 The social construction of literacy / Jenny Cook-Gumperz 1

2 Literacy and schooling: an unchanging equation? / Jenny Cook-Gumperz 19

3 Interactional sociolinguistics in the study of schooling / John J. Gumperz, Jenny Cook-Gumperz 50

4 The language experience of children at home and at school / Gordon Wells 76

5 Narrative presentations: an oral preparation for literacy with first graders / Sarah Michaels 110

6 Differential instruction in reading groups / James Collins 138

7 Organizational constraints on reading group mobility / Donna Eder 165

8 Developing mathematical literacy in a bilingual classroom / Douglas R. Campbell 185

9 Spoken language strategies and reading acquisition / Herbert D. Simons, Sandra Murphy 218

10 Speaking and writing: discourse strategies and the acquisition of literacy / James Collins, Sarah Michaels 245

11 The implicit discourse genres of standardized testing: what verbal analogy items require of test takers / Mary Catherine O'Connor 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521819636

0521525675

OCLC:

68799761

Publisher Number:

9780521819633

9780521525671

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