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Functional literacy : theoretical issues and educational implications / edited by Ludo Verhoeven.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 1.
- Studies in written language and literacy, 0929-7324 ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Functional literacy--Philosophy.
- Functional literacy.
- Functional literacy--Social aspects.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (501 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The purpose of the volume is to open up new perspectives in the study of literacy by bringing together current research findings from linguistics, psychology, sociology and anthropology. The book divides into five parts. The first part deals with theoretical questions related to the definition and the modeling of the construct of functional literacy. The second part goes into the notion of literacy development. Both societal and individual aspects of literacy development are taken into account. In the next two parts the actual achievement of literacy in various regions of the world is dealt wi
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The construct of functional literacy
- pt. 2. Literacy and development
- pt. 3. Attaining literacy in developing societies
- pt. 4. Attaining literacy in industrialized societies
- pt. 5. Promoting functional standards of literacy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-55619-316-5
- 9786613222381
- 1-283-22238-8
- 90-272-8301-X
- OCLC:
- 609148707
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