The Acquisition of Literacy
Ethnographic Perspectives
Published on 1. January 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
286 pages
978-0-89391-379-3 (ISBN)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
378 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89391-379-3 (9780893913793)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
hieffelin /f Bambi
more /f Perry
Content
Introduction
TAKING FROM TEXTS: CULTURAL VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Early Reading at Home: Its Practice and Meanings in a Working Class Community
The Book as Narrative Prop in Language Acquisition
Reading to Children: A Model for Understanding Texts
For the Bible Tells Me So: Teaching Children in a Fundamentalist Church
CONNECTING ORAL AND WRITTEN MODES: WHAT CHILDREN CAN DO IN SCHOOL
"I Want to Talk to You About Writing": Five-Year-Old Children Speak
Six Authors in Search of an Audience
Teacher
Child Collaboration as Oral Preparation for Literacy
Sub-Rosa Literacy: Peers, Play, and Ownership in Literacy Acquisition
SCHOOL COMES HOME: WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?
Parents as Teachers: Observations of Low-Income Parents and Children in a Homework-like Task
"Why" Sheila Can Read: Structure and Indeterminacy in the Reproduction of Familial Literacy
LITERACY AFFECTS THE SOCIAL ORDER
Literacy Instruction in a Samoan Village
Studying Literacy in Morocco
The Anthropology of Literacy Acquisition
Author Index
Subject Index
TAKING FROM TEXTS: CULTURAL VARIATIONS ON A THEME
Early Reading at Home: Its Practice and Meanings in a Working Class Community
The Book as Narrative Prop in Language Acquisition
Reading to Children: A Model for Understanding Texts
For the Bible Tells Me So: Teaching Children in a Fundamentalist Church
CONNECTING ORAL AND WRITTEN MODES: WHAT CHILDREN CAN DO IN SCHOOL
"I Want to Talk to You About Writing": Five-Year-Old Children Speak
Six Authors in Search of an Audience
Teacher
Child Collaboration as Oral Preparation for Literacy
Sub-Rosa Literacy: Peers, Play, and Ownership in Literacy Acquisition
SCHOOL COMES HOME: WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?
Parents as Teachers: Observations of Low-Income Parents and Children in a Homework-like Task
"Why" Sheila Can Read: Structure and Indeterminacy in the Reproduction of Familial Literacy
LITERACY AFFECTS THE SOCIAL ORDER
Literacy Instruction in a Samoan Village
Studying Literacy in Morocco
The Anthropology of Literacy Acquisition
Author Index
Subject Index