Oral Language Across the Curriculum

151 Pages·1988·0.47 MB·English

by  David Corson

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title: Oral Language Across the Curriculum
author: Corson, David.
publisher: Multilingual Matters
isbn10 | asin: 090502897X
print isbn13: 9780905028972
ebook isbn13: 9780585149738
language: English
subject Children--Language, Oral communication, Language arts--
Correlation with content subjects.
publication date: 1988
lcc: LB1139.L3C645 1988eb
ddc: 372.6
subject: Children--Language, Oral communication, Language arts--
Correlation with content subjects.
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Oral Language Across the Curriculum

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Oral Language Across the Curriculum
David Corson
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS LTD
Clevedon · Philadelphia

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Corson, David
Oral language across the curriculum
(Multilingual Matters).
1. Learning 2. Oral Communication
3. Communication in education
L Title II Series
370.15'23 LB1060
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Corson. David.
Oral language across the curriculum.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Children--Language. 2. Oral communication.
3. Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.
L Title.
LB1139.L3C645 1987 372.6 87-31512
ISBN 0-905028-97-X
ISBN 0-905028-96-1 (pbk)
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Copyright © 1988 D. Corson.
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Cover designed by Jussi Nurmi.
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Printed and bound in Great Britain by
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Contents
Preface ix
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Knowledge, Thought and Language across the Curriculum. 1
3
Language and Education
4
Language and Thought
9
Language, Knowledge and Learning
11
Language Across the Curriculum
14
Summary
2
A Case for Oral Language in Schooling 16
16
Oral Language and Success in Schooling
18
Oral Language and Literacy
22
Oral Language, Intelligence and Problem Solving
22
Oral Language and Thinking
24
Oral Language and the "hypothetical mode of learning"
25
Oral Language, Self and Others: The Real World
26
A Pedagogy Across the Curriculum
28
Summary
3
Oral Language in the First School 29
29
Early Language Acquisition and Development
41
The Teacher's Role in Talk
47
Approaches to Oral Language Development
52
Classroom Organization
54
Evaluation of Oral Language in the First School
55
Across the First School Curriculum
60
Summary
4
Oral Language in the Middle School 61
61
Language and Intellectual Development in the Middle Years
67
Conceptual Development and Schooling

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