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Lunsford, Andrea A., Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book contains 29 essays which grew out of presentations delivered at a conference on the right to literacy whose participants were invited to consider differing definitions and historical understandings of literacy and the political, pedagogical, and theoretical implications of the many approaches to literacy education that have been taken…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cultural Context, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Stubbs, Michael – 1980
Intended to provide a basis for a sociolinguistic theory of reading by placing reading within a discussion of the formal and functional characteristics of language use in social settings, this book explores the state of the art of reading and literacy, the relations between spoken and written language, and explanations of reading failure. Chapters…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cultural Influences, English, Language Research
