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Peer reviewedCorbett, Edward P. J. – English Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the current state of literacy and suggests that there is a renaissance of interest in the teaching of rhetoric and composition. (AEA)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Higher Education, Literacy, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedFaryniarz, Eva – English Quarterly, 1992
Observes the language and the literacy behaviors in evidence at a shopping center food court. Muses on the "functional literacy" of the writer's immigrant mother-in-law. Discusses the range and extent of the literacies possessed by an elementary school student who, at the start of the school year, did not consider himself to be either a…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education, Functional Literacy
Peer reviewedMcPhail, Irving P. – English Quarterly, 1987
Traces the origins of the literacy tradition in indigenous African cultures to the use of the tools of literacy by two black social activists--W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X. Also stresses the relationship of literacy to social action, self-education, and liberation of the mind. (AEW)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Education, Black History, Foreign Countries
