Dimensions of Literacy

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

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.

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

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