Category Books

Sustaining Local Literacies »

Authors: Barton
ISBN-13: 9781853592270, ISBN-10: 1853592277
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Date Published: March 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Introduction	1
	Globalisation and Diversification: Two Opposing Influences on Local Literacies	3
	What is Meant by Local Literacies?	9
	Praat or Speak but Don't Thetha: On Language Rights in South Africa	19
	State Sponsored Adult Literacy Programmes in Malta: A Critical Review	31
	Language, Aid and Literacy: An Outline of Activities in the Solomon Islands	41
	Campaign-based Literacy Programmes: The Case of the Ambedkar Nagar Experiment in Delhi	47
	Literacy and the Language Question: Brief Experiences from Uganda	57
	Language Choice	65
	Local Languages for Local Literacies? Debating a Central Dilemma	69
	Literacy and Language Planning	75
	Literacy and Literacies: Continuity and Discontinuity	87
	Lessons from International Organisations on Language Issues and Literacy	95
	Some Guidelines for a Literacy and Language Policy	101