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Summary
Summary
This popular text, now in its fourth edition, "unpacks" the various dimensions of literacy--linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental--and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded.
Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and "hands-on" activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures.
Changes in the Fourth Edition
* Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning
* More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner construction
* Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies
* Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text
* Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout
Author Notes
Stephen B. Kucer is Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education at Washington State University, Vancouver, USA.
Reviews 1
Choice Review
The fourth edition of this text by Kucer (Washington State Univ.) examines literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective. Throughout the book, the author attempts to provide a conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings is grounded. Though an expansion from previous editions of the discussion on multimodal literacies is useful, this reviewer finds the ponderous book long on theory and short on practice. Although purported to be an understandable, user-friendly text, the wording and the practice of glossing over important theoretical constructs make this book an exercise in cognitive dissonance. Instructional implications are scarce, despite the heavy reliance on tables and figures. Authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts are also scarce. Summing Up: Not recommended. --Ann Krell Petersen, Buena Vista University
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Acknowledgments |
| Fourth Edition Introduction |
| Part 1 Introduction |
| Chapter 1 A Multidimensional View of Reading and Writing |
| Part 2 The Linguistic And Other Sign Systems Dimension Of Literacy |
| Chapter 2 The Nature of Language and Other Sign Systems |
| Chapter 3 Oral and Written Language Relationships |
| Chapter 4 Language Variation |
| Part 3 The Cognitive Dimension Of Literacy |
| Chapter 5 The Constructive Nature of Perception |
| Chapter 6 The Reading Process |
| Chapter 7 Understanding Written Discourse |
| Chapter 8 The Writing Process |
| Part 4 The Sociocultural Dimension Of Literacy |
| Chapter 9 Understanding Literacy as Social Practices |
| Chapter 10 The Authority of Written Discourse |
| Part 5 The Developmental Dimension Of Literacy |
| Chapter 11 Constructing the Written Language System |
| Chapter 12 Mediating the Written Language System |
| References |
