Cook-Gumperz Jenny (Editor). The Social Construction of Literacy

Second edition. — Cambridge University Press. — xvi, 315 pages. — (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics). — ISBN13: 978-0-511-33381-1.This volume raises important questions about children's acquisition of literacy, the ability to produce and interpret written text, which is considered the basis of all school achievement. This extensively-revised second edition contains an updated introduction and bibliography, and each chapter has been re-written to account for the most recent research.The social construction of literacy
Literacy and schooling: an unchanging equation?
Interactional sociolinguistics in the study of schooling
The language experience of children at home and at school
Narrative presentations: an oral preparation for literacy with first graders
Differential instruction in reading groups
Organizational constraints on reading group mobility
Developing mathematical literacy in a bilingual classroom
Spoken language strategies and reading acquisition
Speaking and writing: discourse strategies and the acquisition of literacy
The implicit discourse genres of standardized testing: what verbal analogy items require of test takers