Street, Brian V., <br/><br/>
Literacy :  an advanced resource book / 
Brian V. Street and Adam Lefstein. 
 - xiii, 273 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - Routledge applied linguistics .
 - Routledge applied linguistics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why study literacy? -- Organisation of the book -- Keywords -- Encounters with literacy -- Academic study of literacy : mapping the field -- Meanings of "literacy" in different traditions -- Literacy acquisition -- Consequences of literacy : the literacy thesis -- Literacy as social practice -- New literacies -- Keywords -- Educational terms -- Anthropological terms -- Psychological terms -- Literacy acquisition -- Beginning to read -- Whole language -- Social challenges and policy -- Literacy in schools -- Consequences of literacy -- The great divide -- Testing the literacy thesis -- Autonomous versus ideological models of literacy -- Demythologising literacy -- Literacy as social practice -- Literacy practices -- Literacy and identity -- Multilingual literacies -- Literacies at work -- The literacy thesis resisted -- Exploring literacy as social practice -- Investigating literacy practices : an ethnographic perspective -- Literacy log -- Literacy and education -- Phonics, whole language, and English orthography -- Children's literature : code, content, and practice -- Academic literacies -- Literacy at large -- Workplace literacies -- Everyday writing in modern society -- International policy and practice in the literacy field -- "Literacy problems" and the mass media. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>041529181X 9780415291811 0415291801 9780415291804 0203463994 9780203463994 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007025928 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literacy<br/>Literacy programs<br/>Reading.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC149  / .S76 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>302.2244