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OverviewAppropriate for use in language development courses. A best-selling, comprehensive, easy-to-understand introduction to language development Language Development: An Introduction offers a cohesive, easy-to-understand overview of all aspects of language development, including syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics. Each idea and concept is explained in a way that is clear to even beginning students and then reinforced with outstanding pedagogical aids such as discussion questions, chapter objectives, reflections, and main point boxed features. Filled with real-world examples, the book looks at how children learn to communicate in general, and in English specifically, while emphasising individual patterns of communication development. The 10th Edition keeps readers up to date on major topics in the field and the challenges that teachers face in today’s diverse classrooms. It provides more child language examples; improves readability with more thorough explanations and clarifications; includes updated research with the addition of several hundred new references; streamlines the discussion of reading comprehension; includes practical learning theories; and more. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert OwensPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Pearson Edition: 10th edition Dimensions: Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.20cm Weight: 0.860kg ISBN: 9780135206485ISBN 10: 0135206480 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 01 February 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. The Territory 2. Describing Language 3. Neurological Bases of Speech and Language 4. Cognitive, Perceptual and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech 5. The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech 6. Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children 7. First Words and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk 8. Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development 9. Preschool Development of Language Form 10. Early School-Age Language Development 11. School-Age Literacy Development 12. Adolescent and Adult Language Appendix A: American English Speech Sounds Appendix B: Major Racial and Ethnic Dialects of American English Appendix C: Development Summary Appendix D: Computing MLU Appendix E: Background GrammarReviewsAuthor InformationAbout our author Robert E. Owens, Jr., (“Dr. Bob”), PhD, is a New York State Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the College of St. Rose where he teaches courses in language development and language disorders. In 2016 he received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is the author of: Language Development, An Introduction (8 editions); Language Disorders, A Functional Approach (6 editions); Program for the Acquisition of Language with the Severely Impaired (PALS); Help Your Baby Talk, Introducing the New Shared Communication Method and Queer Kids, The Challenge & Promise for Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Youth. His Language Development text is the most widely used in the world and has been translated into Spanish, Korean and Arabic. He has also co-authored Introduction to Communication Disorders, A Life Span Perspective (5 editions), written a score of book chapters and professional articles and authored 2 as-yet unpublished novels which are sure to win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Owens is coauthor with Stacey Pavelko, PhD, of SUGAR, an easy, free, valid language sampling tool. In love with the sound of his own voice, Dr. Bob has presented over 225 professional papers and workshops around the globe. His professional interests are language disorders in infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are also some of his best friends. And he’s a gran’pa! Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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