Language and literacy in social practice : a reader

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Language and literacy in social practice : a reader

edited by Janet Maybin

(Language and literacy in social context)

Multlingual Matters in association with the Open University, 1993, c199

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"Compiled as a part of an Open University MA course called E825: Language and literacy in social context"--CIP preface

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This volume contains a collection of seminal articles and recent research which are important reading for anyone wanting to understand current theoretical developments within the field of language and literacy studies. The collection reflects a growing recognition over the past decade of the importance of social factors in language and literacy development. The focus has shifted from talking about skills and competences to investigating the relationships between language and literacy practices, personal identities and social and cultural processes. It provides an important resource of classic articles (some of which are not easily obtainable) and up-to-date research for teachers, students and researchers working in language studies, anthropology and education.

Table of Contents

Preface Sources Introduction PART 1: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND MEANING 1. Bronislaw Malinowski: The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages 2. Dell Hymes: Toward Ethnographies of Communication 3. M.A.K. Halliday: Language as Social Semiotic 4. V.N. Volosinov: Language and Ideology PART 2: STUDIES OF LANGUAGE PRACTICES 5. Denny Taylor: Family Literacy: Conservation and Change in the Transmission of Literacy Styles and Values 6. Shirley Brice Heath: What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School 7. Mukul Saxena: Literacies Among the Panjabis in Southall (Britain) 8. Michele Sola and Adrian Bennett: The Struggle for Voice: Narrative, Literacy and Consciousness in an East Harlem School PART 3: LITERACY, CULTURE AND HISTORY 9. Brian V. Street: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Literacy 10. Harvey Graff: The Legacies of Literacy 11. James Paul Gee: Orality and Literacy: From The Savage Mind to Ways With Words PART 4: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY 12. Michael Stubbs: Educational Language Planning in England and Wales: Multicultural Rhetoric and Assimilationist Assumptions 13. Gauri Viswanathan: The Beginnings of English Literary Study in British India 14. Kathleen Rockhill: Gender, Language and the Politics of Literacy 15. Paulo Freire: The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom

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