SCOVL 1988

Stanford Conference on Vernacular Literacy, Palo Alto. Based on papers presented at the 1987 seminar. Thomas H. Crowell. July 24–25, 1987. InNOL. (See NOL for other papers presented at this seminar.) Interest level: specialist.

• Discusses the organization of the seminar
• Lists the participants
• Gives a summary of some of the papers presented

Shirley Brice-Heath states literacy retention is more significant for study than literacy acquisition.

Roland Walker's underlying hypothesis is that language attitudes are at the core of the question of mother tongue literacy acceptance.

Mary Morgan deals with factors involving decisions as to which language to use for what literacy functions. Observes that a mother tongue language with a complex phonology and difficult-to-read orthography will face acceptance problems.

Papers by Heath, Walker, and Morgan are concerned with characteristics of language groups that favor or diminish the likelihood of mother tongue literacy being accepted and retained.

Papers by Bendor-Samuel and Bosscher are written from the perspective of programs which can lead to the establishment and subsequent retention of mother tongue literacy.

• Bibliography module: SCOVL 1988
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): S
• 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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