Understanding Language and Literacy Development
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Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse Learners in the Classroom


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Table of Contents:
Detailed Contents vii Acknowledgments xix About the Companion Website xx About the Book 1 Part I Introduction 13 1 Working with Diverse Students: Some Important Issues 15 2 Complex Factors That Influence Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 33 Language Sample Analysis I 60 Part II Developing Language and Emergent Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth to 5) 63 3 Acquiring One Linguistic System: First Language Acquisition 65 4 Acquiring More Than One Linguistic System: Multilingual First Language Acquisition 111 5 Acquiring First Language(s) with Difficulties 143 Language Sample Analysis II 177 Part III Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Middle Childhood (6–11) 181 6 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Middle Childhood 183 7 Learning a New Language in Middle Childhood 224 8 Language Impairment in Middle Childhood 259 Language Sample Analysis III 282 Part IV Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Adolescence (12–18) 289 9 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Adolescence 291 10 Learning English As a New Language in Adolescence 320 11 Language Impairment in Adolescence 354 Language Sample Analysis IV 369 Part V Theoretical Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development and Learning 375 12 Theories That Explain Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 377 Exit Self-Evaluation 405 Appendix: Examples of Standardized Language Assessments 408 Glossary 410 References 423 Index 448

About the Author :
Xiao-lei Wang is a Professor in the School of Education at Pace University. She has published extensively in academic journals and is the author of Growing up with Three Languages and Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781118886175
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Diverse Learners in the Classroom
  • ISBN-10: 1118886178
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 480


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