Desirable Literacies
Subtitle: Approaches to Language and Literacy in the Early Years
Contributors: Jackie Marsh (Editor); Elaine Hallet (Editor)
Publisher: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing
Published: January 12, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781853964473
Subjects: Pre-school & kindergarten; Primary / junior schools; Reading (Early childhood); English language; Education / Teaching; Study and teaching (Early childhood); Education; Language Experience Approach; Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading; Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading; Literacy
First sentence: Until the late 1950s, the prevailing views on language acquisition were largely influenced by behaviourism until the work of Noam Chomsky marked a turning point in theories about the nature of language and the nature of language acquisition.