Child language development: learning to talk /
Sandra Bochner, Penny Price and Jane Jones
- London : Whurr, 1997
- 236 p.
Part 1 Background to the language program: explanations of language development; acquiring language - the developmental sequence; contexts for learning - daily routines and play; talking to children. Part 2 Designing and implementing a language program: organizing a program; preliminary skills (program level 1); preverbal skills (program level 2); first words (program level 3; combining words (program level 4); extending meaning (program level 5). Part 3 Issues in implementation: phonological development and improving intelligibility; signing as a supplement to speech; working with children in groups; working with parents - a model support project; working with children from language backgrounds other than English.