Among the topics are phonological recoding, identifying meaning, the context the text provides, approaches to teaching, and the relation between reading acquisition and language development. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc.
In reviewing the international literature on this vital subject, this book examines three groups who seem most affected by unfair language practices in education: women and girls; minority cultural groups; and minority social groups.
The summaries of research, new theoretical frameworks and the new findings presented in this book are at the forefront of this movement in research on reading. The processes of acquisition of print word recognition are examined.
In reviewing the international literature on this vital subject, this book examines three groups who seem most affected by unfair language practices in education: women and girls; minority cultural groups; and minority social groups.
The book concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere.
Based on a comparative analysis of 15 projects on the education of children of migrant workers in 10 European Community countries, this book provides descriptions of advanced practice, problems encountered and solutions found.
This book provides much needed evidence from research in a rural community in Sub-Saharan Africa, that show the value of literacy in increasing the life chances of women.
This book analyses policy development in six countries where, because of its association with colonial expansion, English has become the dominant language and hence the language of power, government and civil commerce, often replacing other ...