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245	1	0	_aLearning through interaction : _bthe study of language development / _cGordon Wells ;Allayne Bridges; Peter French;Margaret Maclure ... [et al.].
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c1981.
300			_aviii, 304 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
440		0	_aLanguage at home and at school ; _vv. 1
500			_aIncludes Bibliographic reference and index.
520			_aThis is the first full-length volume to be written by members of the research team and it is a fundamental study of language development from infancy to primary school. It synthesises the research to date and discusses some key socio- and psycholinguistic themes with reference to transcribed excerpts from spontaneous conversations recorded by the team and to experimental data. The authors' central argument is that conversation provides the natural context of language development and that the child learns through exploring his world of interaction with other people. The quality of learning is seen to depend particularly on the strategies that adults employ to develop and extend children's contributions to interaction. This has important practical implications for the transition from home to school, and the second part of the book examines the differences and similarities between the talk that goes on in these two environments. The final chapter considers the development of literacy. The model of language development presented here will make stimulating and challenging reading for a wide range of sociologists, psychologists and educationalists as well as being of particular interest to linguists.
650		0	_aLanguage acquisition. _2Education
700			_aWells, G. _eEditor _qGordon Wells
700			_aBridge, A. _eEditor _qAllayne Bridges
700			_aMaclure, M. _eEditor _qMaclure Margaret
700			_aFrench, P. _eEditor _qPeter French
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam023/80041113.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/80041113.html
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