Functional literacy : theoretical issues and educational implications / edited by Ludo Verhoeven.

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  1. Functional literacy : theoretical issues and educational implications / edited by Ludo Verhoeven.
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  1. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Verhoeven, Ludo Th.
Description
  1. vi, 493 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 1
Uniform title
  1. Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 1.
Subject
  1. Functional literacy > Philosophy
  2. Functional literacy > Social aspects
  3. Language and languages > Study and teaching
Contents
  1. Modeling and promoting functional literacy / Ludo Verhoeven -- Literacy, myths and legacies : lessons from the history of literacy / Harvey J. Graff -- The construct of oral and written language / Claire Blanche-Benveniste -- Text processing and its relevance for literacy / Leo Noordman and Wietske Vonk -- Cross-cultural perspectives on literacy / Brian Street -- Functional literacy in a changing world / Kenneth Levine -- Literacy and the making of the Western mind / David R. Olson -- The cognitive psychology of literacy : some basic findings / Paul Bertelson and Béatrice de Gelder -- Socio-cultural determinants of literacy development / Paul Leseman -- The social impact of literacy / David Barton -- Linguistic diversity and literacy development / Ludo Verhoeven -- Problems and pseudo-problems in literacy development : focus on Latin America / Emilia Ferreiro -- Continua of biliteracy : Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru / Nancy Hornberger -- Literacy education and gender : the case of Honduras / Monique van der Westen -- Literacy and development in South-East Asia / Chander J. Daswani -- Literacy and development in Africa : the case of Tanzania / Josephine Yambi -- Writing systems and literacy : the alphabetic myth revisited / Florian Coulmas -- Assessment of adult literacy levels : the Dutch case / Cees Doets -- Emergent literacy and education / Clotilde Pontecorvo -- Towards a taxonomy of early literacy difficulties / Aryan van der Leij -- Dialogue systems and interactive literacy instruction / Don Bouwhuis and Harry Bunt -- A comparative perspective on functional literacy levels / William Loxley -- Towards a socio-cultural model of literacy education / Leo Dubbeldam -- The question of functionality in literacy : a systemic approach / Jennifer Hammond and Peter Freebody -- Literacy for work programs / Jan Ooijens -- Literacy in a global perspective : the year 2000 and beyond / Daniel Wagner.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  1. committed to retain