Expanding Suitcases and Perspectives.

Bandermann, Elaine

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ERIC Number: EJ322096

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Publication Date: 1985

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Expanding Suitcases and Perspectives.

Bandermann, Elaine

Language Arts, v62 n5 p509-13 Sep 1985

Suggests that teachers examine the assets of natural language in children's homes for implications for language instruction at school. Discusses a children's story that can be interpreted as an analogy with instructional implications for creating natural language contexts in the classroom. (HTH)

Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Environment, Family Environment, Family School Relationship, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Language Usage, Primary Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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