Literacy and Language in the Primary Years

ISBN-13: 9780415042116 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 264 str.

David Wray; Jane Medwell

Opis

Primary school children must now demonstrate confident and convincing skills in speaking, listening, writing and reading. How are their teachers to achieve this? In this book, David Wray and Jane Medwell provide a set of strategies for the teacher to understand literacy development, to promote these essential skills in collaboration with their pupils and to create a classroom environment in which talk and literacy are central.

Recenzje

'It is a powerful book, well and truly centred on a holistic approach to language and on an interactive and collaborative approach to learning. No primary school teacher should be without a copy.' - Child Language Teaching and Therapy

'David Wray and Jane Medwell have written a clear, comprehensive and accessible book about developing English in the primary school.' - Junior Education

'an interesting collection of current topics, explicit examples, and a series of definitive statements about schooled literacies at the present time....Teachers and others will find this book encouraging and supportive in their attempts to go `beyond the information given'.' - Language and Education

Spis treści

Introduction 1.Classroom Talk 2.Language Diversity and Language Awareness 3.Children's Literature and the Power of Stories 4.The Emergence of Literacy 5.Literacy in the Early Years of Schooling 6.The Teaching of Reading 7.Writing: Purpose and Process 8.Developing Literacy Across the Curriculum 9.Literacy for Learning 10.The Use of the Computer to Develop Language and Literacy 11.Assessing Language and Literacy Development Conclusion

O autorze

David Wray entered higher education after several years’ teaching and lecturing experience. In 1988 he took up his present position as Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter., Jane Medwell currently teaches at The Grove Primary School, Devon, and prior to this has held a number of teaching positions. She has also been a Lecturer in Education at the University of Wales, Cardiff.