Text-Based Language and Literacy Education: Programming and Methodology

Abstract

Text-based approaches to language and literacy education have been adopted in all sectors of education from early childhood to post-school education and training. This book provides educators working in all these sectors with practical guidance through all stages of planning and delivering a text-based language and/or literacy program. ... This book is about using texts as a basis for developing language and literacy programs and using knowledge of texts in the classroom. Text-based approaches have been adopted in all sectors of education over the past two decades and in that time there has been some variation in terminology.