Language Development in Early Childhood Education
ISBN: 9780135019696 | 0135019699
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/23/2009
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"The acquisition of language is essential to children's cognitive and social development." From the NAEYC position statement, November 1995.Readers of this book will receive a solid foundation for understanding language development from birth to age eight. The text supplies a basic overview of phonetics, semantic, syntactic, morphemic, and pragmatic aspects of language knowledge, while also providing practical suggestions for interactions with children and templates for observing and documenting infant and toddler language development. The appe... MORE
| Language in Our Lives | |
| Theoretical Perspectives and Contexts of Language Development | |
| Language Development Among Children of Linguistic Diversity | |
| Language Development of Infants and Toddlers | |
| Enhancing Language Development in Infants and Toddlers | |
| Language Development in Preschoolers | |
| Enhancing Language Development in Preschoolers | |
| Language Development in K... MORE | |
| Enhancing the Language Development of Kindergartners | |
| Language Development in the Primary Years | |
| Enhancing Language Development in the Primary Years | |
| Language Assessment: Observing, Screening, Diagnosing and Documenting | |
| Enhancing Language Development Among Children with Communicative Disorders | |
| Fostering Language Development Through School-Home Connections | |
| Appendixes | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Beverly Otto, Ph.D., an early childhood educator for over 25 years, is a professor in the Teacher Education Department at Northeastern Illinois University. She earned her doctorate at Northwestern University in Teaching and Learning Processes with a focus on emergent literacy. Dr. Otto teaches courses in language and literacy development for preservice and in-service teachers, along with research for classroom teachers. She also serves as advisor for the MAT: Language Arts-Elementary Education and MSI: Language Arts-Elementary programs. Her major professional goal is preparing teachers to support children’s life-long learning through language and literacy development. Dr. Otto has also served as department chair as well as associate dean in the College of Education.
Dr. Otto is the author of Literacy Development in Early Childhood: Reflective Teaching for Birth to Age Eight , (© 2008 Pearson)and has also authored articles published in international, national and state professional journals. Her field-based research on emergent literacy has been presented at international, national, state, and local conferences. She has served as a consultant to early childhood centers, school districts, as well as the Illinois State Board of Education.
