I have not personally read this book, so I am not necessarily recommending it. And I doubt the book has any specific examples from adult literacy. But I did hear Sonia Nieto speak at a conference many years ago, and she has many interesting ideas and thoughts to share about language, culture and education that I think can relate to adult literacy issues.

Language, Culture, and Teaching
Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition
By Sonia Nieto

Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, this text is intended for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level students and professional development courses.

Examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their own classrooms; ideas about how language, culture, and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry. Each chapter includes critical questions; classroom activities; and community activities suggesting projects beyond the classroom context.

About the Second Edition: Over half of the chapters are new to this edition, bringing it up-to-date in terms of recent educational policy issues and demographic changes in our society.

Sonia Nieto is Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

August 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99974-8 (Routledge)

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