Understanding Language and Literacy Development : Diverse Learners in the Classroom (Hardcover)

Detailed Contents vii

Acknowledgments xix

About the Companion Website xx

About the Book 1

Part I Introduction 13

1 Working with Diverse Students: Some Important Issues 15

2 Complex Factors That Influence Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 33

Language Sample Analysis I 60

Part II Developing Language and Emergent Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth to 5) 63

3 Acquiring One Linguistic System: First Language Acquisition 65

4 Acquiring More Than One Linguistic System: Multilingual First Language Acquisition 111

5 Acquiring First Language(s) with Difficulties 143

Language Sample Analysis II 177

Part III Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Middle Childhood (6–11) 181

6 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Middle Childhood 183

7 Learning a New Language in Middle Childhood 224

8 Language Impairment in Middle Childhood 259

Language Sample Analysis III 282

Part IV Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Adolescence (12–18) 289

9 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Adolescence 291

10 Learning English As a New Language in Adolescence 320

11 Language Impairment in Adolescence 354

Language Sample Analysis IV 369

Part V Theoretical Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development and Learning 375

12 Theories That Explain Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 377

Exit Self-Evaluation 405

Appendix: Examples of Standardized Language Assessments 408

Glossary 410

References 423

Index 448