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When Mama Can't Read: Counteracting Intergenerational Illiteracy

Author(s) -

Cooter Kathleen S.

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the reading teacher

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642

H-Index - 50

eISSN - 1936-2714

pISSN - 0034-0561

DOI - 10.1598/rt.59.7.9

Subject(s) - functional illiteracy , reading (process) , psychology , literacy , literacy education , family literacy , pedagogy , adult literacy , developmental psychology , learning to read , emergent literacy , mathematics education , political science , law

Almost 50 million American adults do not have adequate reading skills to fill out a job application, read a food label, or read a story to a child. These individuals often lack the literacy skills needed to find and keep decent jobs, support their children's education, or participate actively in civic life. In this column, the author offers some research‐proven answers to a very basic question facing many urban reading teachers: What can a mother with limited literacy skills do to support and enhance the literacy development of her children? The author reviews recent research on the causes of intergenerational illiteracy and explores several promising evidence‐based practices.

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