TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalantzis,Mary
AU  - Cope,Bill
TI  - Literacies
SN  - 1107402190
AV  - LC149 .K35 2012
U1  - 302.2244 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Port Melbourne, Vic.
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Literacy programs
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Mass media and language
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The work of learning and teaching literacies --; Old basics and new --; The two 'multis' of multiliteracies --; Agendas of literacies --; Communication and representation --; Literacies as tools for meaning --; New literacies, new schools, new teachers --; Today's learners --; Tomorrow's teachers --; How this book is organised --; Guiding narrative --; Supplementary web materials --; Part A; The 'Why' of Literacies : --; 1; Literacies on a human scale : --; Overview --; Three globalisations --; First languages --; The languages of the first globalisation -- how and why they are so different --; The decline and death of first languages --; Exploring the differences between first languages --; First languages and multimodal communications --; Starting to write --; A second globalisation --; The coming of writing --; How writing affects human life --; Literacy and social pressures to uniformity --; Writing becomes a privileged mode of meaning --; The cultural effects of writing --; New media, new literacies --; The third globalisation --; The rise of new communications technologies --; Writing loses its privileged place --; Language differences become important again --; New media accessibility --; Summary --; Knowledge processes --; Keywords --; 2; The purposes of literacies : --; Overview --; Why literacies? --; Literacies and opportunity --; anging literacies for changing times --; Literacies for work --; Literacies for the 'knowledge society' --; The post-Fordist workplace --; The new language of work --; Facing challenging futures --; Communications skills for the new workplace --; Literacies for citizenship --; Literacy in the era of nationalism --; Globalisation and diversity --; The changing status of government in society --; New literacies for new citizenship --; Literacies for contemporary community life --; Literacies and diverse identities --; The 'balance of agency' in the new communications environment --; Living and communicating in diverse communities --; New literacies for changing times --; Summary --; Knowledge processes --; Keywords --; Part B; Approaches to Literacies : --; 3; Didactic literacy pedagogy : --; Overview --; On the paradigms of literacies --; The contents of literacy knowledge -- formal rules, correct usage, reading for one meaning, and appreciating the literary canon --; Synthetic phonics --; Traditional grammar --; 'Correct' usage --; Naming language structures --; Extending vocabulary --; Reading comprehension --; Reading fluency --; Literature appreciation --; The organisation of literacy curriculum -- following the syllabus, the textbook and the teacher --; Delivering structured and sequenced knowledge --; Applying objective thinking --; Learners doing literacy -- copying, repetition, memorisation and applying rules --; Copying --; Formulae and repetition --; Memory work --; The social relationships of literacy learning -- authority in language knowledge --; Testing literacy --; Valuing conformity --; Summary --; Knowledge processes --; Keywords
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