Title Ways with words : language, life, and work in communities and classrooms / Shirley Brice Heath

Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Description xiii, 421 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Series Cambridge Paperback Library Cambridge paperback library. Contents Ethnographer learning. The Piedmont : textile mills and times of change -- 'Gettin' on' in two communities -- Learning how to talk in Trackton -- Teaching how to talk in Roadville -- Oral traditions -- Literate traditions -- The townspeople -- Ethnographer doing. Teachers as learners -- Learners as ethnographers -- Epilogue Summary Ethnographer learning : The Piedmont - Trackton - Roadville - Oral traditions - Literature traditions - Townspeople; Ethnographer doing : Teachers as learners - Learners as ethnographers Analysis Children -- Language Children Language skills Development Community and school Interaction analysis in education Language arts Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 401-414 Subject Children -- Language -- Case studies. Children -- Language. Children -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) -- Language. Community and school -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) Community and school. Home and school -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) Interaction analysis in education. Language acquisition. Language arts -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) Language arts. School integration -- United States. Sociolinguistics -- United States. Students -- Language. Teachers -- Language. Teachers -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) -- Language. Textile workers -- Piedmont (U.S. : Region) -- Language. SUBJECT Piedmont (U.S. : Region) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85102035 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 LC no. 82022062 ISBN 0521253349 0521273196 (paperback)

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