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Young Children's Literacy Development and the Role of Televisual Texts »

Authors: Naima Browne
ISBN-13: 9780750708555, ISBN-10: 0750708557
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: June 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Naima Browne

Book Synopsis

Explores and analyses the ways in which very young children's developing literacy can be supported by their experience of watching TV and videos. Specifically, the book addresses ways teachers can use children's experience of watching stories on video or TV to feed back to their own story-writing, reading, story-telling and role-play in the classroom. Explores areas specifically highlighted in the National Curriculum for English, an will benefit teachers developing their literacy teaching in light of the government Literacy Hour initiative.

	List of Figures
	Notes about Transcriptions
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	Teachers and Schools	16
Ch. 3	Children and Parents	31
Ch. 4	Children's Perspectives	52
Ch. 5	Reading Different Texts	81
Ch. 6	Storytelling and the Moves into Writing	103
Ch. 7	Gender Issues	148
	Afterword	169
	References	171
App. A	Children's Questionnaire	179
App. B	Parents' Questionnaire	186
	App. C: List of Transcripts	193
App. D	Transcript of Rehana's Wolfie Stories (Puppets)	194
App. E	Transcript of The Faraway Tree (Oral story)	198
App. F	Transcript of Retelling of Pollyanna	201
	Index	203