Children's Emergent Literacy: From Research to Practice

by David Lancy

Overview

This book examines emergent literacy as the foundations for language instruction and seeks to relate the work of those doing research on literacy acquisition and those designing programs to facilitate children's literacy development. It bridges theory and practice, looking at both cognitive processes and settings in which children first experience literacy.

With contributions by leading researchers in the field, the book examines emergent literacy in nonliterate homes; oral language supports; parent-child reading; literacy and working class families; literacy from a developmental perspective; parental involvement; and collaborative efforts of teachers and parents. An essential collection for all research and education in the language arts methods area. Will also appeal to educators involved in reading instruction and parent-education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275945893
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/30/1994
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.06(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

About the Author

DAVID F. LANCY is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology at Utah State University. Among his earlier publications is Cross-Cultural Studies in Cognition and Mathematics.

Table of Contents

Foreword by James Moffett
The Emerging Field of Children's Literacy
The Conditions that Support Emergent Literacy by David F. Lancy
Early Literacy from a Developmental Perspective by A.D. Pellegrini and Lee Galda
Not By Print Alone: Oral Language Supports for Early Literacy Development by David K. Dickinson and Diane E. Beals
Nonliterate Homes and Emergent Literacy by Victoria Purcell-Gates
Parent's Interactions with Beginning Readers by Christi Bergin, David F. Lancy, and Kelly D. Draper
Helping Parents Help Their Children: Early Language Stimulation in the Child's Home by Ann-Katrin Svensson
A Microgenetic Study of Cognitive Reorganization during the Transition to Conventional Literacy by George Kamberelis and Michelle Perry
The Design of Early Literacy Environments
Stimulating/Simulating Environments that Support Emergent Literacy by David F. Lancy and Susan Talley
Too Little, Too Late: A Case Study of "Running Start" by David F. Lancy and Ann Burke-Zupsic
Discriminating between the Disadvantaged: Adjusting to Family Differences by Derek Toomey and Judith Sloane
Parents and Children Sharing Literacy by Jeanne R. Paratore
The Even Start Initiative by Ruth Wilson and Jackie Aldridge
It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child: Supplementing Instruction for "At Risk" Kindergarten Students by Eileen M. Carr
Play Settings as Literacy Environments: Their Effects on Children's Literacy Behaviors by Kathy Roskos and Susan Neuman
"Goin' to Grandma's House": Using Instructional Conversation to Promote Literacy and Reduce Resistance in Minority Children by Lynne M. Hudson, Carolyn F. Chryst, and Dianna Reamsnyder
Three Different Early Literacy Programs and Their Effect on Inner-City Kindergartners' Emerging Sense of Story by Lynne Putnam
Reading Recovery: Teaching through Conversation by Patricia R. Kelly, Adria Klein, and Gay Su Pinnel
Designing a Collaborative Model of Family Involvement in Literacy: Researchers, Teachers, and Parents Work Together by Patricia A. Edwards, Kathleen L. Fear, and Deborah L. Harris
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