Talk, Text and Technology: Literacy and Social Practice in a Remote Indigenous Community

by Inge Kral

Book Overview

This is an ethnography of language, learning and literacy in remote Indigenous Australia. It traces one group from the introduction of alphabetic literacy to the arrival of digital literacies. It examines social, cultural and linguistic practices across the generations and addresses the implications for language and literacy socialisation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847697585
• ISBN13: 9781847697585
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"