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ERIC Number: EJ367217
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Unofficial Literacy in a Sixth-Grade Classroom.
Hubbard, Ruth
Language Arts, v65 n2 p126-34 Feb 1988
Examines the society of a sixth grade class, which relies on "unofficial literacy" to cope with the social hierarchy and conflicts of home, school, parents, teachers, and friends. Concludes that teachers must be aware of how formal reading and writing skills are transferred into the classroom culture. (MM)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Ethnography, Folk Culture, Grade 6, Information Dissemination, Literacy, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Reading Writing Relationship, Semantics, Social Networks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ethnographic Semantics
Note: Themed Issue: Classroom Interaction as Teaching and Learning.