Literacy Practices

Literacy Practices combines key theoretical issues with illustrative case studies to examine current understanding of literacy. Drawing upon insights from social theory and linguistics, the author argues that literacy should be approached from both theoretical and practical angles. In particular, he emphasises the roles of literacy in complex multilingual settings.examines the social context of literacy, reviewing important theoretical sources and providing illustrative case studies includes a critical review of ideas on reading and writing development from a social practice perspective short-listed for the 1996 BAAL Book Prize