Reading Children's Writing
A Linguistic View
Published on 1. December 2025
234 pages
978-1-040-80587-9 (ISBN)
Description
While many books of the time explored pedagogical, psychological, and linguistics perspectives of children's writing, Reading Children's Writing (originally published in 1986) takes a fresh and innovative approach by examining text-organizational methods of analysis.
The book considers 'whole texts' produced by children of either top junior or lower secondary age-a time of transition which involves them in significant changes of writing styles. Here the authors consider the organizational features of narrative and non-narrative writing; the use of vocabulary; and the evaluation of children's work.
The volume provides a useful and interesting insight into the methods of describing, evaluating, and developing children's writing ability. It will be a beneficial read for teachers at primary and secondary level, and for linguists concerned with language in education.
The book considers 'whole texts' produced by children of either top junior or lower secondary age-a time of transition which involves them in significant changes of writing styles. Here the authors consider the organizational features of narrative and non-narrative writing; the use of vocabulary; and the evaluation of children's work.
The volume provides a useful and interesting insight into the methods of describing, evaluating, and developing children's writing ability. It will be a beneficial read for teachers at primary and secondary level, and for linguists concerned with language in education.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
4,22 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-80587-9 (9781040805879)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
approx. 12/2025
1st Edition
Routledge
€131.80
Not yet published
Persons
John Harris and Jeff Wilkinson, at the time of the first publication, worked at the Language Development Centre, Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University), UK.
Content
Introduction 1. Children's Writing in School: the Context 2. Describing Children's Writing: Text Evaluation and Teaching Strategies 3. Responding to Children's Narratives 4. Organization in Children's Writing (Non-fictional) 5. Undeveloped Discourse: Some Factors Affecting the Adequacy of Children's Non-fictional Written Discourses 6. Good Word! Vocabulary, Style and Coherence in Children's Writing 7. Evaluating Teacher's Responses to Children's Writing 8. Readings of Children's Writing: a Case-study 9. Classroom Implications
