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An edition of Language and learning (1970)

Language and learning

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For both teachers and parents, the implications of James Britton's now classic work are profound. Language and learning is the outcome of Britton's close observations as researcher, teacher, and parent of how children shape their individual visions of the world.

Drawing in the theories of many thinkers, including Piaget and Vygotsky, the author provides a rich and moving account of how children learn to talk and the role of speech in cognitive development and in coping with the challenges of adolescence. In James Britton's words, "We cannot afford to underestimate the value of language as a means of organizing and consolidating our accumulated experience, or its value as a means of interacting with people and objects to create experience..."

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Boynton/Cook Publishers, Heinemann
Language
English
Pages
329

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Subjects
Children, Language, Language acquisition, Children, language

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1993, Boynton/Cook Publishers, Heinemann
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1992, Penguin Books
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1972, Penguin Books
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Language and learning
1970, University of Miami Press
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Language and learning
1970, Allen Lane
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-[330]).
Subtitle on cover: The importance of speech in children's development.

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Portsmouth, NH

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401.9
Library of Congress
LB1139.L3 B74 1993, LB1139.L3B74 1993

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329, [1] p. :
Number of pages
329

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OL1413073M
ISBN 10
0867093358
LCCN
93022156
OCLC/WorldCat
28256221
Library Thing
1200755
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846917

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