Learning language and using language to learn is at the core of any educational activity. Bringing together a globally representative team of experts, this volume presents an innovative and empirically robust collection of studies that examine the role of language in education, with a particular emphasis on features of school-relevant language in middle childhood and adolescents, and its precursors in early childhood. It addresses issues such as how children's linguistic and literacy experiences at home prepare them for school, how the classroom functions as a language-mediated learning environment, and how schools can support language minority students in academic attainment. Set in three parts - Early Childhood, Middle Childhood and Adolescence and Learning in Multilingual Contexts - each part features a discussion from experts in the field to stimulate conversation and further routes for research. Its structure will make it useful for anyone interested in ongoing efforts towards building a pedagogically relevant theory of language learning.

Explores how children develop linguistic and literary competence from early childhood into adolescence, in a diverse range of linguistic contexts.

About the Author
Vibeke Grover is Professor of Education at the Universitetet i Oslo, Norway Paola Uccelli is Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Massachusetts. Meredith Rowe is Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Massachusetts. Elena Lieven is Professor of Psychology at the University of Manchester.

Reviews
'Highly recommended for practice-based researchers and classroom teachers to support instructional interventions in the multilingual classroom.' D. Pellegrino, Choice



Book Information
ISBN 9781316620601
Author Vibeke Grover
Format Paperback
Page Count 347
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 512g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 151mm * 18mm