Understanding Language and Literacy Development

Detailed Contents vii
 
Acknowledgments xix
 
About the Companion Website xx
 
About the Book 1
 
Part I Introduction 13
 
1 Working with Diverse Students: Some Important Issues 15
 
2 Complex Factors That Influence Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 33
 
Language Sample Analysis I 60
 
Part II Developing Language and Emergent Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Infancy and Early Childhood (Birth to 5) 63
 
3 Acquiring One Linguistic System: First Language Acquisition 65
 
4 Acquiring More Than One Linguistic System: Multilingual First Language Acquisition 111
 
5 Acquiring First Language(s) with Difficulties 143
 
Language Sample Analysis II 177
 
Part III Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Middle Childhood (6-11) 181
 
6 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Middle Childhood 183
 
7 Learning a New Language in Middle Childhood 224
 
8 Language Impairment in Middle Childhood 259
 
Language Sample Analysis III 282
 
Part IV Developing Language and Literacies: Divergent Abilities in Adolescence (12-18) 289
 
9 Typical Development of Language and Literacies in Adolescence 291
 
10 Learning English As a New Language in Adolescence 320
 
11 Language Impairment in Adolescence 354
 
Language Sample Analysis IV 369
 
Part V Theoretical Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development and Learning 375
 
12 Theories That Explain Language Acquisition and Literacy Development 377
 
Exit Self-Evaluation 405
 
Appendix: Examples of Standardized Language Assessments 408
 
Glossary 410
 
References 423
 
Index 448

Xiao-lei Wang is a Professor in the School of Education at Pace University. She has published extensively in academic journals and is the author of Growing up with Three Languages and Learning to Read and Write in the Multilingual Family.