Rise of Writing - Redefining Mass Literacy

Informationen zum Autor Deborah Brandt is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Klappentext Subtitled "Redefining Mass Literacy In America". Zusammenfassung What happens when writing overtakes reading as the basis of people's daily literate experience? Drawing on recent interviews with people who write every day! Brandt explores this major turn in the development of mass literacy and examines the serious challenges it poses for America's educational mission and civic health. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the rise of mass writing; 1. The status of writing; 2. Writing for the State; 3. Occupation: author/writing over reading in the literacy development of contemporary young adults; 4. When everybody writes; Conclusion: deep writing; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Brandt, Deborah (University of Wisconsin Brandt, Brandt Deborah
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2014
• EAN: 9781107462113
• ISBN: 978-1-107-46211-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Literature & literary studies, Communication Studies, United States of America, USA, Language acquisition