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Children's language and multilingualism : indigenous language use at home and school / edited by Jane Simpson and Gillian Wigglesworth.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York, NY : Continuum, c2008.Description: xviii, 311 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0826495168
  • 0826495176 (pbk.)
  • 9780826495174 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22
  • 404.208 3 SIM W 22
LOC classification:
  • P115.5.A8 C53 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction; I. What Children Do and Hear; Introduction; 1. The language learning environment of preschool children; 2. The comprehension and production of traditional; 3. The social meaning of children's stories; 4. Narrative input to pre-school age indigenous children; Samantha Disbray; 5. The use of questions in adult/child interaction; II. From Home to School: Language Issues for Indigenous Children in School; Introduction; 6. The collaborative construction of knowledge in a traditional context; 8. The foundations for literacy acquisition and learning; 9. Dysfunctional discourse in the 'English-only' classroom; 10. Change and process in the language and literacy curriculum; III. Assessing Indigenous Children's Languages; Introduction; 11. Conductive hearing loss; 12. Issues in the assessment of children's oral skills; 13. Language Difference or Language Disorder; IV. Language Ecologies; Introduction; 14. Code-switching, language-mixing and language shift; 15. Language variation, mixing and complexity.
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Introduction; I. What Children Do and Hear; Introduction; 1. The language learning environment of preschool children; 2. The comprehension and production of traditional; 3. The social meaning of children's stories; 4. Narrative input to pre-school age indigenous children; Samantha Disbray; 5. The use of questions in adult/child interaction; II. From Home to School: Language Issues for Indigenous Children in School; Introduction; 6. The collaborative construction of knowledge in a traditional context; 8. The foundations for literacy acquisition and learning; 9. Dysfunctional discourse in the 'English-only' classroom; 10. Change and process in the language and literacy curriculum; III. Assessing Indigenous Children's Languages; Introduction; 11. Conductive hearing loss; 12. Issues in the assessment of children's oral skills; 13. Language Difference or Language Disorder; IV. Language Ecologies; Introduction; 14. Code-switching, language-mixing and language shift; 15. Language variation, mixing and complexity.

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