Developing Discourse Practices in Adolescence and Adulthood

by Richard W. Beach and Susan Hynds

Book Overview

Examines how people develop their reading and writing skills during adolescence and adulthood. This collection is based on the premise that four basic stances (orientations) underlie the discourse practices: social, textual, institutional, and field. These four stances form the organizing rubric for

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893916021
• ISBN13: 9780893916022
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"