| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 325 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Nonie K. Lesaux -- Learning through language / Vibeke Grøver, Paola Uccelli, Meredith L. Rowe and Elena Lieven -- Part 1. Learning through language during the preschool and early elementary school years. Input, interaction and learning in early language development / Elena Lieven ; Infants want input / Paul L. Harris ; Learning more than language through language during early childhood / Meredith L. Rowe ; Food For Thought: Turning everyday family practices into opportunities to develop rich language and literacy abilities in Latino children / Diana Leyva and Lauren Skorb ; Theory- and evidence-based language learning and teaching for young children: Promoting interactive talk in the classroom / Young-Suk Grace Kim and Joonmo Yun ; The relationship between early childhood development and later elementary school performance in Chile / Andrea Rolla, Macarena Alvarado, Bernardo Atuesta, Marcela Marzolo, Ernesto Trevin̋o, Hirokazu Yoshikawa and MaryCatherine Arbour -- Discussion. Reflections on learning through language from infancy to preschool and early elementary school years / Ageliki Nicolopoulou -- Part 2. Learning through language during the middle school and early adolescent years. Learning the language for school literacy: Research insights and a vision for a cross-linguistic research program / Paola Uccelli ; Observational research on vocabulary and comprehension in upper elementary school classrooms / Rebecca D. Silverman and Anna M. Hartranft ; Improving struggling readers' literacy skills through talk about text / Lowry E. Hemphill, James Kim and Margaret Troyer ; Classroom conversations as support for vocabulary learning: Examining teacher talk as input for student learning / Evelyn Ford-Connors and Catherine O'Connor ; Measurement of reading comprehension processing and growth / Gina Biancarosa -- Discussion 1. Time, complexity, and the enduring importance of words: Key themes in language learning in the middle years / P. David Pearson -- Discussion 2. The road -via education- to humane social relationships is driven by language (and literacy) / Robert L. Selman -- Part 3. Learning through more than one language. Young bilinguals' extended discourse skills: The role of perspective taking / Vibeke Grøver ; How does vocabulary instruction in reading help Chinese young minority children learn vocabulary in two languages? / Si Chen ; Young monolingual and bilingual children's exposure to academic language as related to language development and school achievement: the DASH project / Paul P. M. Leseman, Lotte F. Henrichs, Elma Blom and Josje Verhagen ; Cross-linguistic relations among bilingual and biliterate learners / C. Patrick Proctor and Qianqian Zhang-Wu ; Pushing the limits: Dual-language proficiency and reading development in the United States and Canada / Yuuko Uchikoshi and Stefka H. Marinova-Todd -- Discussion 1. Bilingualism as action / Sara Rutherford-Quach and Kenji Hakuta -- Discussion 2. Multilingualism and socioeconomic development / Robert A. LeVine -- Afterword. So much progress, so much left to do / Catherine E. Snow |
| Summary |
Explores how children develop linguistic and literary competence from early childhood into adolescence, in a diverse range of linguistic contexts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 17, 2020) |
| Subject |
Language awareness.
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Language and education.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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Language and education
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Language awareness
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grøver, Vibeke, editor.
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Uccelli, Paola, editor.
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Rowe, Meredith L., editor.
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Lieven, Elena V. M., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781316766835 |
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1316766837 |
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9781316718537 |
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1316718530 |
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