Author(s): Stephen B. Kucer
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 384
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Language: English
Date Published: 2014-01-24
Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 24mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: 4th New edition
Illustrations: follow last edn; 119 Tables, black and white

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