Dimensions of Literacy

<p>This popular text now in its fourth edition “unpacks” the various dimensions of literacy—linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental—and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded.</p><p>Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable user-friendly manner the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy includes demonstrations and “hands-on” activities examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures.</p><p><strong>Changes in the Fourth Edition</strong>• Addresses academic language new literacies/multiliteracies and their relationship to literacy learning<br>• More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner construction<br>• Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies<br>• Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text<br>• Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout </p>