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Language Learning as Learning How to Mean: Implications for Practice from Selected Language Research.

King, Martha L.; And Others – 1984

Language research over the past two decades has revealed that language is not something children "acquire," but rather a system they build. A key factor in this linguistic construction is children's interaction with parents or other caregivers. The studies reveal further that children's repeated interactions with books and stories and…

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Child Language, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education

"Back to Basics": But What Are the Basics?

Wells, Gordon – Highway One, 1985

Discusses the importance of providing opportunities for children to learn through talk with an adult and contains excerpts from transcripts of parent-child and teacher-student conversations. (DF)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Educational Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Research