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Language and Literacy - The Sociolinguistics of Reading and Writing (Paperback)
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Language and Literacy - The Sociolinguistics of Reading and Writing (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
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Despite a vast amount of study, literacy is still a very confused
topic, which requires the integration of findings from different
areas. Reading and writing are psychological skills, but they are
also linguistic skills (since people read and write meaningful
language) and social skills (since written language serves
particular functions in different societies). In this book Michael
Stubbs provides a basis for a sociolinguistic theory of literacy.
He believes that a systematic theory of literacy must be based on
an understanding of a number of factors, such as the relationship
between written and spoken language, including how English spelling
works and how it is related to spoken English. Also of paramount
importance are the social, educational and technological pressures
on written language, which are particularly powerful in the case of
an international language like English; the social and
communicative functions which written language serves - largely
administrative and intellectual functions; and the variability of
spoken language and the relative uniformity of written language.
The book also discusses the arguments behind deprivation theory as
an explanation of educational failure. Reading failure is not well
understood, but the author stresses that a vital element is the
attitude of teachers towards the child's language. He emphasizes
that it is important that teachers should understand as much as
possible about the relationship between written language and the
child's spoken language. Such understanding, he argues, can only
increase tolerance of regional, social and ethnic diversity in
language.
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