Talking and learning with young children / Michael Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Michael, 1944 August 1- author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Language.

Children.

Oral communication.

Language arts (Early childhood).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

Children learn to talk through interaction including involvement in many thousands of conversations with adults and other children. These conversations provide the framework for exploring relationships, understanding the world, and learning - in its widest sense. This book explores how children learn to communicate using language, how they use language to learn and the role of adults in the process. It examines how adults can support children to learn by involving them in positive interactions, meaningful conversation and by helping them play, explore and talk with each other. The book includes:. examples of children and adults talking and learning together. case studies of successful approaches that support language and learning in early years settings. points for reflection and practical tasks Informed by the author's own ...

Contents:

chapter 1. How and why do children learn to talk?

chapter 2. Babies and adults communicating and learning together

chapter 3. Towards first words

chapter 4. Talking with two-year-olds

chapter 5. Different experiences of talking at home

chapter 6. Quality talk in early years settings

chapter 7. Talking effectively with groups of children

chapter 8. Pedagogy and practice that influences talk

chapter 9. Communicating complex ideas.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and index.

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781473962170 (ebook) :

OCLC:

1017726212

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.