Australian Journal of Language and Literacy articles from June 1999

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy archives from June 1999

Editors' introduction.
June 1, 1999... This issue has as its theme Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs. It is a perennial theme that overlaps the fields of special education, ESL education, and Aboriginal education. The common elements are `literacy' and the children whom we teach....

A discussion on approaches to phonological awareness.(Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs)
June 1, 1999... Teachers are expected, these days, to find the following questions easy to answer. 1. How many separate sounds are there in the word though? 2. How many syllables are there in the word mysterious? 3. What word do you get if you...

Tracking literacy development in an Aboriginal community: Summary of a research project.(Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs)
June 1, 1999... Introduction While literacy research in minority communities is common in other countries, research concerning urban/rural town Aboriginal people in Australia is sparse. Studies in the early 1980s by Harris (1984), Gray (1985) and later by...

Literacy crises and ESL education.(Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs)
June 1, 1999... Introduction The last couple of years have been particularly significant ones for literacy education in Australia, with the release of three major reports on surveys of literacy abilities and the release of a major policy initiative, the...

Literacy in its broadest definition: The Australian South Sea Islander literacy research project.(Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs)
June 1, 1999... Introduction How one defines literacy has a significant effect on the way literacy experiences are designed to take place in school. This article explores definitions of literacy held by the key stakeholders in the literacy education of...

Baiyai -- meeting place of two parties: The pedagogical literacy relationship.(Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs)
June 1, 1999... That teachers in Australian schools are still failing to raise literacy standards among the majority of Aboriginal students is evidenced in recent research (see National Review of Education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,...

Learning About Literacy as Teacher-researchers.(Literacy Practices for Diverse Needs)(Review)
June 1, 1999... Learning About Literacy as Teacher-researchers Language Australia, Child ESL & Literacy Research SA Node Language Australia and the University of South Australia, Adelaide 1998, 225 pp., $20.00 This publication brings together an...

Masculinity Goes to School.(Review)
June 1, 1999... Masculinity Goes to School Rob Gilbert and Pam Gilbert Studies in Education Series, editors: Bob Lingard and Fazil Rizvi Allen and Unwin, Sydney 1998, 293 pp., $29.95 Boys and their schooling performances are currently fodder for...