Vernacular Literacy: A Re-Evaluation

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Preface and Acknowledgements v
• Contents vii
• List of Tables ix
• List of Abbreviations xi
• Introduction 1
• Part One - General Issues: Political, Economic, Social, Orthographic, Pedagogical 21
• 1 - Political and Economic Aspects of Vernacular Literacy 23
• 2 - Social Contexts Conducive to the Vernacularization of Literacy 82
• Developing Ways of Writing Vernaculars: Problems and Solutions in a Historical Perspective 93
• 4 - Pedagogical Aspects of Vernacular Literacy 142
• Part Two - Cases from Migrant Settings in Europe; East, Central, and West Africa; East, South, and South-East Asia; Pidgin- and Creole-Speaking Communities 187
• 5 - Vernacular Literacy in New Minority Settings in Europe 189
• 6 - Literacy in a Pidgin Vernacular 222
• 7 - Motivations and Attitudes Influencing Vernacular Literacy: Four African Assessments 246
• 8 - Tradition, Trial, and Error: Standard and Vernacular Literacy in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia 271

• Title Page iii
• Preface and Acknowledgements v
• Contents vii
• List of Tables ix
• List of Abbreviations xi
• Introduction 1
• Part One - General Issues: Political, Economic, Social, Orthographic, Pedagogical 21
• 1 - Political and Economic Aspects of Vernacular Literacy 23
• 2 - Social Contexts Conducive to the Vernacularization of Literacy 82
• Developing Ways of Writing Vernaculars: Problems and Solutions in a Historical Perspective 93
• 4 - Pedagogical Aspects of Vernacular Literacy 142
• Part Two - Cases from Migrant Settings in Europe; East, Central, and West Africa; East, South, and South-East Asia; Pidgin- and Creole-Speaking Communities 187
• 5 - Vernacular Literacy in New Minority Settings in Europe 189
• 6 - Literacy in a Pidgin Vernacular 222
• 7 - Motivations and Attitudes Influencing Vernacular Literacy: Four African Assessments 246
• 8 - Tradition, Trial, and Error: Standard and Vernacular Literacy in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia 271
• Conclusion AndrÉe Tabouret-Keller 316
• Appendix Excerpt from Oxfam (1993: 2-4) 328
• List of Contributors 332
• References 338
• Index 359