Learning through Language

Towards an Educationally Informed Theory of Language Learning

Elena Lieven editor Vibeke Grøver editor Paola Uccelli editor Meredith Rowe editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Oct '21

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Explores how children develop linguistic and literary competence from early childhood into adolescence, in a diverse range of linguistic contexts.

A collection of innovative studies that explore the theory of how children and adolescents learn language, and how they use language to build knowledge. The volume examines features of language relevant to schooling as well as their precursors in early childhood.Learning language and using language to learn is at the core of any educational activity. Bringing together a globally representative team of experts, this volume presents an innovative and empirically robust collection of studies that examine the role of language in education, with a particular emphasis on features of school-relevant language in middle childhood and adolescents, and its precursors in early childhood. It addresses issues such as how children's linguistic and literacy experiences at home prepare them for school, how the classroom functions as a language-mediated learning environment, and how schools can support language minority students in academic attainment. Set in three parts - Early Childhood, Middle Childhood and Adolescence and Learning in Multilingual Contexts - each part features a discussion from experts in the field to stimulate conversation and further routes for research. Its structure will make it useful for anyone interested in ongoing efforts towards building a pedagogically relevant theory of language learning.

'Highly recommended for practice-based researchers and classroom teachers to support instructional interventions in the multilingual classroom.' D. Pellegrino, Choice

ISBN: 9781316620601

Dimensions: 231mm x 151mm x 18mm

Weight: 512g

347 pages