Children's language and multilingualism :  indigenous language use at home and school / 
edited by Jane Simpson and Gillian Wigglesworth. 
 - London ;  New York, NY :  Continuum,  c2008. 
 - xviii, 311 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0826495168 0826495176 (pbk.) 9780826495174 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008300455 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA871130  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014627198  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Multilingualism--Australia.<br/>Language and education--Australia.<br/>Linguistic minorities--Australia.<br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching--Australia.<br/>Indigenous peoples--Australia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P115.5.A8  / C53 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>404.208 3 SIM W