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BL
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| Record Number
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964317
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b718687
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| Main Entry
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Wells, C. Gordon.
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| Title & Author
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The meaning makers : : learning to talk and talking to learn /\ Gordon Wells.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol, UK ;Buffalo, NY :: Multilingual Matters,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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New perspectives on language and education
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xxiii, 332 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1847691986
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: 1847691994
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: 1847692001
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: 9781847691989
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: 9781847691996
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: 9781847692009
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The children and their families -- Learning to talk : the pattern of development -- Learning to talk : the construction of language -- Talking to learn -- From home to school -- Helping children to make knowledge their own -- Differences between children in language and learning -- The centrality of literacy -- The children's achievement at age 10 -- The sense of story -- A functional theory of language development -- Toward dialogue in the classroom -- The interdependence of practice and theory -- Epilogue : making meaning together -- Appendix 1 : the Bristol Language Development Scale.
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| Abstract
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A work about children's language and literacy development at home and at school. It contains many examples of their experience of language in use, both spoken and written, recorded in naturally occurring settings in their homes and classrooms, and shows the active role that children play in their own development.
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Children-- Language.
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Language acquisition.
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Language arts.
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Literacy.
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Children-- Language.
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EDUCATION-- Elementary.
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Language acquisition.
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Language arts.
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Literacy.
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| Dewey Classification
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372.6
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| LC Classification
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LB1139.L3W443 2009eb
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