What Children Know about Language: Three Examples.

Read, Charles

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Publication Date: 1980-Feb

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What Children Know about Language: Three Examples.

Read, Charles

Language Arts, v57 n2 p144-48 Feb 1980

Presents evidence revealing the complexity of young children's language understandings with regard to spelling patterns, parts of speech, and vocabulary; points out that teachers must build upon the language knowledge that children bring to school. (GT)

Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Knowledge Level, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Sentence Structure, Spelling, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Vocabulary Development

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Language: English

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