Modeling and promoting functional literacy

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction
5. Modeling and promoting functional literacy 3
6. Part 1: The construct of functional literacy
7. Literacy, myths and legacies 37
8. The construct of oral and written language 61
9. Text processing and its relevance for literacy 75
10. Cross-cultural perspectives on literacy 95
11. Functional literacy in a changing world 113
12. Part 2: Literacy and development
13. Literacy and the making of the Western mind 135
14. The cognitive psychology of literacy 151
15. Socio-cultural determinants of literacy development 163
16. The social impact of literacy 185
17. Linguistic diversity and literacy development 199
18. Part 3: Attaining literacy in developing societies
19. Problems and pseudo-problems in literacy development 223
20. Continua of biliteracy 237
21. Literacy education and gender 257
22. Literacy and development in South-East Asia 279
23. Literacy and development in Africa 291
24. Part 4: Attaining literacy in industrialized societies
25. Writing systems and literacy 305
26. Assesment of adult literacy difficulties 321
27. Emergent literacy and education 333
28. Towards a taxonomy of early literacy difficulties 349
29. Dialogue systems and interactive literacy instruction 371
30. Part 5: Promoting functional standards of literacy
31. A comparative perspective on functional literacy levels 389
32. Towards a socio-cultural model of literacy education 405
33. The question of functionality in literacy 425
34. Literacy for work programs 445
35. Literacy in a global perspective 473
36. Subject index 485
37. List of contributors 491