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Language Development: A Reader for Teachers » (2nd Edition)

Book cover image of Language Development: A Reader for Teachers by Brenda Miller Power

Authors: Brenda Miller Power
ISBN-13: 9780130940636, ISBN-10: 0130940631
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: 2nd Edition

Author Biography: Brenda Miller Power

Book Synopsis

Written for elementary school teachers, this textbook anthology offers guidance in understanding language development and collecting and analyzing data in the classroom. It provides historical perspectives exemplified by landmark studies, discuses verbal communication in schools, and details socio-cultural and personal perspectives. The contributors include linguists, psychologists, and educators like Rice, Piaget, Chomsky, Halliday, Newkirk, Schardt, Christensen, Ostrow, and Berube. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Learning How to Research Language in Your Classroom	1
Pt. I	Historical Perspectives and Landmark Studies	17
	Children's Language Acquisition	19
	On Inner Speech	28
	The Language and Thought of the Child	33
	Language and the Mind	36
	Encounter at Royaumont: The Debate Between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky	43
	Relevant Models of Language	49
	Ian Caught in Infancy	54
	Myths About Acquiring a Second Language	62
	What's Going On?	69
	A Lot of Talk About Nothing	74
	Crawling on the Bones of What We Know: An Interview with Shirley Brice Heath	81
Pt. II	Talk in Schools	89
	Do Teachers Communicate with Their Students As If They Were Dogs?	91
	Teacher Research Extension: "You Talk Too Much"	95
	Telling Stories	97
	A Love of Words	104
	Ways to Look at the Functions of Children's Language	110
	Teacher Research Extension: An Unexpected Lesson in Language	119
	What Should Teachers Do?: Ebonics and Culurally Responsive Instruction	124
	Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk: Researching Oral Language in the Classroom	129
	The Research Mind Is Really the Teaching Mind at Its Best: An Interview with Karen Gallas	139
	Teacher Research Extension: Focusing on Student Talk	153
	Examining Teacher Talk: Revealing Hidden Boundaries for Curricular Change	156
	Inquiry Purpose in the Classroom	161
Pt. III	Sociocultural and Personal Perspectives	171
	Whose Standard? Teaching Standard English	173
	American Sign Language: "It's Not Mouth Stuff, It's Brain Stuff"	178
	An Interview with Hang Nguyen	185
	Narrative, Literacy, and Face in Interethnic Communication	189
	English Con Salsa	193
	Silencing in Public Schools	195
	It Begins at the Beginning	206
	A Love of Language, A Love of Research, and a Love of Teaching: A Conversation with Deborah Tannen	209
	Teacher Research Extension: "I'm Not Sittin' by No Girl!"	215
	Yada-Yada-Yada: The Babbling Period Between Four and Eight Months of Age	220
	Everyone Has an Accent	225
	A Linguistic Big Bang	231
	Life as We Know It	237
	Name Index	245
	Subject Index	249