TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simpson,Jane Helen
AU  - Wigglesworth,Gillian
TI  - Children's language and multilingualism: indigenous language use at home and school 
SN  - 0826495168
AV  - P115.5.A8 C53 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London, New York, NY
PB  - Continuum
KW  - Multilingualism
KW  - Australia
KW  - Language and education
KW  - Linguistic minorities
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Indigenous peoples
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008300455.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2008300455-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1213/2008300455-d.html
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