TY - BOOK AU - Gr�ver,Vibeke AU - Uccelli,Paola AU - Rowe,Meredith L. AU - Lieven,Elena V.M. TI - Learning through Language: Towards an Educationally Informed Theory of Language Learning SN - 1316766837 AV - P120.L34 L435 2019eb U1 - 418.0071 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Language awareness KW - Language and education KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks KW - bisacsh KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword; 1 Learning through Language; Part I Learning through Language during the Preschool and Early Elementary School Years; 2 Input, Interaction, and Learning in Early Language Development; 3 Infants Want Input; 4 Learning More than Language through Language during Early Childhood; 5 Food for Thought: Turning Everyday Family Practices into Opportunities to Develop Rich Language and Literacy Abilities in Latino Children; 6 Theory- and Evidence-Based Language Learning and Teaching for Young Children: Promoting Interactive Talk in the Classroom7 The Relationship between Early Childhood Development and Later Elementary School Performance in Chile; Discussion Reflections on Learning through Language from Infancy to Preschool and Early Elementary School Years; Part II Learning through Language during the Middle School and Early Adolescent Years; 8 Learning the Language for School Literacy: Research Insights and a Vision for a Cross-Linguistic Research Program; 9 Observational Research on Vocabulary and Comprehension in Upper Elementary School Classrooms10 Improving Struggling Readers' Literacy Skills through Talk about Text; 11 Classroom Conversations as Support for Vocabulary Learning: Examining Teacher Talk as Input for Student Learning; 12 Measurement of Reading Comprehension, Processing, and Growth; Discussion 1 Time, Complexity, and the Enduring Importance of Words: Key Themes in Language Learning in the Middle Years; Discussion 2 The Road -- via Education -- to Humane Social Relationships Is Driven by Language (and Literacy); Part III Learning through More than One Language13 Young Bilinguals' Extended Discourse Skills: The Role of Perspective Taking; 14 How Does Vocabulary Instruction in Reading Help Chinese Young Minority Children Learn Vocabulary in Two Languages?; 15 Young Monolingual and Bilingual Children's Exposure to Academic Language as Related to Language Development and School Achievement: The DASH Project; 16 Cross-Linguistic Relations among Bilingual and Biliterate Learners; 17 Pushing the Limits: Dual-Language Proficiency and Reading Development in the United States and Canada; Discussion 1 Bilingualism as ActionDiscussion 2 Multilingualism and Socioeconomic Development; Afterword: So Much Progress, So Much Left to Do; References; Index N2 - Explores how children develop linguistic and literary competence from early childhood into adolescence, in a diverse range of linguistic contexts UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2112119 ER -