ABSTRACT

Linking the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this book offers a distinctive holistic approach to literacy and language acquisition. It emphasizes the value of active, collaborative learning, and includes sections on literacy accross the primary curriculum, new technology and assessment. Each chapter is linked to a component of the National Curriculum Programme and contains points of interest, sources of further information and suggestions for follow-up actvities in the classroom.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |23 pages

Classroom talk

chapter |16 pages

Language diversity and language awareness

chapter |16 pages

The emergence of literacy

chapter |14 pages

Literacy in the early years of schooling

chapter |22 pages

The teaching of reading

chapter |24 pages

Writing

Purpose and Process

chapter |19 pages

Developing literacy across the curriculum

chapter |15 pages

Literacy for learning

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion