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Written language
About: Written language is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5971 publications have been published within this topic receiving 173905 citations. The topic is also known as: literate language.
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17 Jun 1993
TL;DR: The importance of context in language education is discussed in this article, where the authors propose a discourse perspective to teach the spoken language across the cultural faultline and to reconstruct the C2 context of production and reception in the learner's native culture C1", C2": in the eyes of others.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Dubious dichotomies and deceptive symmetries The importance of context in language education A discourse perspective Notes 1. Educational challenge Of challenges and conditions Challenge as action Challenge as paradox Challenge as dialogue Double-voiced discourse Dialogic breakthrough Notes 2. Contexts of speech and social interaction What's in a context? Discourse and culture Contextual shaping Conclusion Notes 3. Teaching the spoken language Five case studies Problems and paradoxes Teaching language as (con)/text Notes 4. Stories and discourses Dimensions of particularity Understanding of particularity Conclusion Notes 5. Teaching the literary text Current practices Defining the reader Teaching the narrative Teaching poetry Post-teaching activities Conclusion Notes 6. Authentic texts and contexts What is cultural authenticity? The communicative proficiency approach The discourse analysis approach The challenge of multimedia Notes 7. Teaching language across the cultural faultline Cultural reality and cultural imagination C2, C2': reconstructing the C2 context of production and reception C1, C1': constructing a context of reception in the learner's native culture C1", C2": in the eyes of others Of bridges and boundaries Notes 8. Looking for third places A popular culture A critical culture An ecological culture Conclusion Notes Appendices Bibliography Index
2,785 citations
TL;DR: The authors describe qualitative research as "inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives." Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written descriptions.
Abstract: Qualitative research is inquiry aimed at describing and clarifying human experience as it appears in people's lives. Researchers using qualitative methods gather data that serve as evidence for their distilled descriptions. Qualitative data are gathered primarily in the form of spoken or written lan
2,067 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a quantitative meta-analysis of the available empirical evidence related to parent-preschooler reading and several outcome measures is presented. And the results support the hypothesis that book reading is related to outcome measures such as language growth, emergent literacy and reading achievement.
Abstract: The current review is a quantitative meta-analysis of the available empirical evidence related to parent-preschooler reading and several outcome measures. In selecting the studies to be included in this meta-analysis, we focused on studies examining the frequency of book reading to preschoolers. The results support the hypothesis that parent-preschooler reading is related to outcome measures such as language growth, emergent literacy, and reading achievement. The overall effect size of d = .59 indicates that book reading explains about 8% of the variance in the outcome measures. The results support the hypothesis that book reading, in particular, affects acquisition of the written language register. The effect of parent-preschooler reading is not dependent on the socioeconomic status of the families or on several methodological differences between the studies. However, the effect seems to become smaller as soon as children become conventional readers and are able to read on their own.
1,803 citations
TL;DR: The data suggest that linguistic style is an independent and meaningful way of exploring personality, and factor structure, and validity of written language using a word-based, computerized text analysis program.
Abstract: Can language use reflect personality style? Studies examined the reliability, factor structure, and validity of written language using a word-based, computerized text analysis program. Daily diaries from 15 substance abuse inpatients, daily writing assignments from 35 students, and journal abstracts from 40 social psychologists demonstrated good internal consistency for over 36 language dimensions. Analyses of the best 15 language dimensions from essays by 838 students yielded 4 factors that replicated across written samples from another 381 students. Finally, linguistic profiles from writing samples were compared with Thematic Apperception Test coding, self-reports, and behavioral measures from 79 students and with self-reports of a 5-factor measure and health markers from more than 1,200 students. Despite modest effect sizes, the data suggest that linguistic style is an independent and meaningful way of exploring personality.
1,623 citations
Book•
01 Apr 1994
TL;DR: This book discusses Literacy in Everyday Life, an Integrated Approach to Literacy, and some Implications of an Ecological View, which addresses Language Issues in Adult Literacy.
Abstract: Preface. 1. An Integrated Approach to Literacy. 2. Talking About Literacy. 3. The Social Basis of Literacy. 4. Literacy Embedded in Language. 5. Languages and Literacies. 6. Configurations of Language. 7. Writing Systems and Other Notations. 8. Points in History. 9. The Roots of Literacy. 10. Emergent Literacy. 11. Public Definitions of Literacy. 12. School Practices. 13. Adults and World Literacy. 14. Some Implications of an Ecological View. Notes. References. Index.
1,573 citations