Reading Beyond the Alphabet: Innovations in Lifelong Literacy

by Michael Norton and P.G. Vijaya Sherry Chand

A serious shortcoming of the national literacy movement is the lack of progress in literacy beyond emergent skills. This book focuses on "lifelong literacy", that is retention and improvement of basic reading, writing and numerical skills throughout the lifespan.

While The National Literacy movement has successfully generated scores of "literate" people with neo - or semi-literacy skills, it has not been able to adequately address the persistent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761997083
• ISBN13: 9780761997085
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.5"