num_pages: 104
description: The Intentionality Model builds on the child's engagement in a world of persons and objects, the effort that learning language requires, and the essential tension between engagement and effort that propels language acquisition. According to this perspective, children learn language in acts of expression and interpretation; they work at acquiring language; all aspects of a child's development contribute to this process.
language: English
title: The Intentionality Model and Language Acquisition: Engagement, Effort and the Essential Tension in Development
titlecomplete: The Intentionality Model and Language Acquisition: Engagement, Effort and the Essential Tension in Development
publisher: Blackwell Publishing