Language as human ecology: A new agenda for linguistic education |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany;2. Department of Psychology, University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, Germany;1. Eating Disorders Program, Douglas University Institute, Canada;2. Psychiatry Department, McGill University, Canada;3. Research Centre, Douglas University Institute, Canada;4. Research Centre, University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Canada;1. The Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia;2. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;1. Vascular Surgery Service, Heart and Vessels Department, Hospital Santa Maria (CHULN), Lisbon, Portugal;2. Lisbon Academic Medical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal;3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | 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 by establishing an extended ecology of languaging. As a consequence, functional illiteracy in societies with established literate cultures becomes a real threat. It can be avoided when it is understood that language is a kind of socially driven behavior which contributes, in a quite definitive way, to the rich context of the human ecological niche, including texts, without which it cannot be understood. |
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| Keywords: | Speech Writing Functional literacy Niche-construction Ecology |
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