Language and Literacy Learning in Schools

Reviews / Votes

'The linkages between language and literacy development are critical and have often been overlooked in educational practice. After reading this articulate and insightful book, I was struck by how limited our joint efforts have been and what potential exists for real collaboration among professionals working with struggling students.' - Donna Ogle, EdD, Department of Reading and Language, National-Louis University, USA

'Chapters offer a good mix of pedagogical perspectives, covering everything from the metalinguistic content knowledge necessary for teaching the English language arts to the role of dialogue in fostering student learning. Teacher preparation programs in literacy education and special education are certain to benefit from the accumulated wealth of knowledge contained between the covers of this remarkable book.' - Donna E. Alvermann, PhD, Editor, Reading Research Quarterly

'This 'must-read' volume is both practical and scholarly, giving readers a higher-level understanding of the pressing language and literacy issues of our time.' - Nickola Wolf Nelson, PhD, CCC-SLP, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Western Michigan University, USA

'How can I do credit to a book that has rarely left my side since it arrived on my desk a couple of months ago? My thinking has been extended by some of the chapters, I have quoted from it to parents, teachers and speech pathology students, I have written handouts for parents and teachers based on some of the sections and I have implemented ideas in my own clinical practice. It has provided a rich source of practical, yet evidence-based approaches for me to 'mine'!' - ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing (ACQ) (Suze Leitao, 2006)