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Stewig, John Warren – 1982
Intended for the language arts teacher, this book focuses on how to develop children's language skills. The opening chapter of the book presents a brief overview of child language acquisition, children's language abilities at a particular age, and how these abilities develop. The second chapter, on the importance of children's literature, is based…
Descriptors: Child Language, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
Dunn, Sonja; Pamenter, Lou – 1990
This book offers 80 original chants for teaching children to play with language, discover their ownership of language, and experiment with language. The book states that chants can provide a strategy that develops reading skills, ease in dramatic situations, sidebars in art work, communication abilities, awareness of self and environment, and…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Childrens Games, Individual Development, Language Experience Approach
Direct linkGlynn, Ted; Wearmouth, Janice; Berryman, Mere – Open University Press, 2005
In many countries, school populations are becoming increasingly socially and culturally diverse, and delivering effective literacy programmes is becoming more challenging and complex. This book shows schools how to address difficulties with literacy learning experienced by students of diverse backgrounds, by employing strategies that respond to…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Prior Learning, Oral Language, Literacy
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1983
The continuing theme of these conferences is: "Reading, the Process of Creating Meaning for Sensed Stimuli." The special theme of this 1983 anniversary conference is: "Reading Reading: 50th Anniversary Perspectives." The proceedings in this yearbook reflect the retrospective and prospective emphasis of the special theme.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Reading, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
