An edition of Language and learning (1970)

Language and learning

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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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English
Pages
295

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Cover of: Language and learning
Language and learning
1993, Boynton/Cook Publishers, Heinemann
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Language and learning
Language and learning
1992, Penguin Books
in English - [New ed.]
Cover of: Language and learning
Language and learning
1972, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: Language and learning
Language and learning
1970, University of Miami Press
in English
Cover of: Language and learning
Language and learning
1970, Allen Lane
in English

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 283-[288]

Published in
Coral Gables, Fla

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
401.9
Library of Congress
LB1139.L3 B74 1970f, LB1139.L3 B74 1970b

The Physical Object

Pagination
295 p.
Number of pages
295

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5078247M
Internet Archive
languagelearning0000brit
ISBN 10
0870241869
LCCN
74137564
Library Thing
1200755
Goodreads
3807323

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