Open AccessLINGUISTIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOL: ARE WE TEACHING THE RIGHT THING?
Author(s) -
Alexander V. Kravchenko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
vestnik kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-8983
pISSN - 2078-8975
DOI - 10.21603/2078-8975-2016-3-143-149
Subject(s) - functional illiteracy , linguistics , affect (linguistics) , representation (politics) , cognition , psychology , sociology , political science , philosophy , neuroscience , politics , law
The efficiency of linguistic education based on the code model of language is questioned. The view of written language as a representation of speech ignores the important difference between the experientially different cognitive domains of speech and writing, which affect human cognitive development. As a consequence, the growth of functional illiteracy in societies with established literate cultures becomes an alarming tendency.