Bailey, R. 1983

Bailey, Richard W. 1983. "Literacy in English: An international perspective." In Bailey, R. and Fosheim 1983. Interest level: specialist.

Bailey says English has spread around the world because of its intrinsic virtues and its utilitarian value in economic development. English also has a role as an ostensibly neutral language in the internal affairs of multilingual nations. Predicts the role of English as a world language will diminish in the immediate future. Includes essays dealing with

• world literacy
• the relationships between literacy and politics, and
• the uses of literacy in vocations and professions.

Other essays deal with problems of literacy in various educational settings and teaching literacy.

• Bibliography module: Bailey, R. 1983
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): B
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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