| Description |
xii, 132 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
I. Language and the Young Language Learner -- Part One. Starting with the Child -- What Young Children Know about Language / Paula Menyuk -- The Role of Imitation in Children's Language Learning / Lois Hood -- Learning through Inquiry, Discovery, and Play / Mary Beaven -- Learning Language at Home and at School / Jerry Zutell -- Part Two. Learning about Language Variety -- Allowing for Language Differences / Angela Jaggar -- Teaching about Language Itself / David Dillon -- Doing What Comes Naturally : Recent Research in Second Language Acquisition / Carole Urzua -- II. Language Growth in Educational Environments -- Part One. Creating a Context for Language Growth -- Promoting Growth in Oral Language / Sharon E. Fox -- Sharing Literature with the Young Child / Margaret Natarella -- Planning Environments to Promote Language Growth / John Warren Stewig -- Developing Facility with Language Structure / Carol Chomsky -- Grammar in the Language Arts Program / Carol Fisher -- Part Two. Developing Writing Abilities -- Growing into Writing / Marguerite Bougere -- Improving Children's Writing / Patrick Groff -- Talking as an Entry into Writing / Kenneth J. Kantor -- Part Three. Developing Reading Abilities -- Reading : How Does It Begin? / Yetta Goodman, Bess Altwerger -- Developing the Awareness of Book Language / Gay Su Pinnell -- Language Awareness and Reading Comprehension / William Smith -- Learning to Read through Literature / C. Ann Terry -- III. Evaluation in Language Education -- Measuring the Effectiveness of Language Education / Linnea D. Lilja -- Discovering What Children Know about Language / Muriel Saville-Troike -- Ways of Looking at Language Use / Richard G. Kolczynski -- Evaluating Some Early Reading Behaviors / Carlton M. Singleton -- Observing Response to Literature : A Contributor to Language Development / Norine Odland -- Assessing Children's Understanding of Composition / Walter Petty -- Researching Children's Language / Johanna S. DeStefano |
| Notes |
Collection of articles prepared by the NCTE Committee on Language Acquisition of Young Children |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Children -- Language.
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Language acquisition.
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Language arts (Preschool)
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Language arts (Primary)
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| Author |
Pinnell, Gay Su.
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NCTE Committee on Language Acquisition of Young Children.
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| LC no. |
80024795 |
| ISBN |
0814112102 |
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