[PDF.20du]  Language and Literacy Development: What Educators Need to Know..* James P. rnes PhD, Barbara A. Wasik PhD

Children's speaking, reading, and writing skills are closely connected, and this engaging text guides preservice and practicing teachers in choosing instructional strategies that promote the integrated development of these skills. The authors explore the foundations of language in the developing brain and show how language acquisition in early childhood influences later literacy and language use. Chapters cover phonological skills, vocabulary...