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Growing Up with Language: How Children Learn To Talk.

Baron, Naomi S. – 1992

This book is designed to provide practical advice to parents and educators on the language acquisition process. Citing numerous case studies and anecdotal examples, it explains how children learn to talk and acquire language. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to language acquisition, explaining the components, forms, and structure of language.…

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Early Childhood Education

"The Mozart of Psychology": "Mind in Society" by L. S. Vygotsky: Implications for Improving Literacy.

Friedman, Sheila – 1985

L. S. Vygotsky's book "Mind in Society" was published more than 50 years ago in Russia, but it is now being recognized as relevant to contemporary research in child development because of the areas of investigation that he suggested. Vygotsky views children as active participants in their own learning and suggests that researchers…

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language, Child Psychology