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Language function : an introduction to pragmatic assessment and intervention for higher order thinking and better literacy / Ellyn Lucas Arwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arwood, Ellyn Lucas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language acquisition.
- Literacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (418 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dr. Arwood outlines a revolutionary four-tiered model of how learners acquire language, and suggests ways to impose visual language functions onto an auditory language like English in order to improve learning for both neurotypical learners and those with neurogenic disabilities.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Language and thinking : how do language and thinking differ?
- pt. 2. English language functions
- pt. 3. Language : how do we assess and intervene?
- pt. 4. Educational applications of language function : how do we apply this knowledge about language to the classroom?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-90528-0
- 0-85700-431-X
- OCLC:
- 712015690
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