PART ONE: LANGUAGE AND LEARNING
Linguistics: The Study of Language
Sociolinguistics: Language and Cultures
Psycholinguistics: Early Language Acquisition
Psycholinguistics: Language and Thinking
The Early Years Practitioner and Knowledge about Language
PART TWO: LITERACY
Narrative and Storying
Books and the World of Literature
Early Representation and Emerging Writing
The Early Years Practitioner and Literacy
Marian R Whitehead was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London, with responsibility for organizing and teaching M.A. degrees in Language and Literature and Early Childhood Education. She has published extensively on literacy, literature and bilingualism and is a co-editor of the journal Early Years. She now combines writing with language and early years consultancy work. She is the co-editor of Early Years, An International Journal of Research and Development. She is a well known author, and her books include How to Develop Children's Early Literacy, with Makin, L (Paul Chapman Publishing 2003), Developing Language and Literacy with Young Children, Second Edition (Paul Chapman Publishing, 2002) Supporting Language and Literacy in the Early Years (1999) Open University Press.
′This book shoudl be read by all those involved in Early Years
settings, in order to understand the moral imperative of creating
environments which recognise the uniquely individual social and
cultural experiences that young children bring to formalised
learning. The greatest strength of this text is the ability of the
writer to annexe complex research to the compelling need for the
practitioner to understand how young children both make meaning and
use language to make new meaning as they learn to communicate in a
range of modes′ -
English 4-11 Magazine ′This new edition of a highly regarded and
very well-presented text on young children′s language and literacy
development is thoroughly up-to-date and relevant to practitioners
working with children from birth to five in the Early Years
Foundation Stage and teachers of children in Years 1 and 2. It
provides, in an extremely readable and accessible way, the key
theories which practitioners need to be familiar with in order to
support the language and literacy development of young children in
their care...Students will find the connection between theory and
practice illuminating and a great help in their studies′
- Early Years Update ′This book is key reading for primary and
early years students, early years practitioners classroom
assistants and Early Years Foundation Stage teachers′ -
Early Years Educator Praise for the Third Edition : ′The text
relates theory and practice in an easily readable form with
particularly helpful sections on key terminology and summaries
within each chapter. A most useful, practical text which no early
years practitioner should be without′ - Jacqueline Barbera,
Director of Undergraduate ITT, Liverpool Hope University College
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