Literacy An Advanced Resource Book For Students

Literacy is a comprehensive resource book which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the topic. It introduces readers to a broad range of approaches to understanding literacy in educational contexts and in society. Written by a leader in the field, the book covers the key themes in the discipline, including acquisition of literacy, 'academic literacy' in higher education, workplace literacies, literacy and schooling, and multimodality. As with all books in the Routledge Applied Lingusitics series, Literacy is clearly structured in three main sections. Literacy includes readings by David Barton, Norman Fairclough, James Paul Gee, Roger Fowler, Gunther Kress and Jay Lemke.Street, Brian is the author of 'Literacy An Advanced Resource Book For Students', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415291811 and ISBN 041529181X.