Literacy and Numeracy in Latin America moves the field forward by bringing LALNS into wider focus and helping readers to understand the synergy with work from other perspectives and from other parts of the world and the implications for theory and practice. A lack of translated work until now between Latin America and, in particular, the UK, US, and Europe, has meant that such important overlaps between areas of study have gone unappreciated. In this way this volume is the first of its kind, a significant and original contribution to the field.
Judy Kalman is Professor, Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico City.
Brian Street is Emeritus Professor of Language in Education at King’s College, London University.