Encyclopedia of Language and Education: Literacy (Paperback, 1997)

Focus on Reading. 1. The Reading Process; K.S. Goodman. 2. The Teaching of Reading; G.B. Thompson. 3. Reading Skills: Emergent Literacy; B. Raban. 4. Metalinguistic Skills in Reading Development: W.E. Tunmer. 5. The Development of Literacy Difficulties; M.M. Clay. 6. Reading in Multilingual Classrooms; V. Edwards. Focus on Writing. 7. Writing Systems and Orthographies; B. Burnaby. 8. The Development of Young Children as Authors; N. Hall. 9. The Teaching of Writing; G.M. Owocki, Y.M. Goodman. 10. Spelling and Punctuation; S. Wilde. 11. Handwriting; S. Walker. 12. Writing in Multilingual Classrooms; V. Edwards. Focus on the Social Context of Literacy. 13. The Social Psychology of Reading; J. Edwards. 14. Functional Literacy; L. Verhoeven. 15. Social Literacies; B. Street. 16. Critical Approaches to Literacy; A. Luke. 17. Family Literacy; E. Roberts Auerbach. 18. Adult Literacy; A. Rogers. 19. Sustaining Local Literacies; R.K. Agnihotri. 20. IT and Literacy; C. Abbott. Focus on Selected Regions. 21. Literacy Teaching in France; D. Bechennec, L. Sprenger- Charolles. 22. Literacy Teaching in India; R.K. Agnihotri. 23. Literacy Teaching in the Low Countries; P. Reitsma. 24. Female Literacy and Life Chances in Rural Nigeria; B. Egbo.25. Literacy Teaching in Norway; B. Hagtvet, S.-A.H. Lyster.