Sociocultural approaches to language and literacy : an interactionist perspective / edited by Vera John-Steiner, Carolyn P. Panofsky, Larry W. Smith.

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One of the most crucial areas of education - the development of oral language and the acquisition of literacy - is examined here with an effective combination of theory and practice. The sociocultural perspective is illustrated through descriptions of learning by populations usually neglected in treatments of literacy: American Sign Language Users, second-language speakers and minority students. The book covers a broad range of ages, ethnic backgrounds, locations, and literacy concerns from pre-school to law school. Although the populations and literacy issues are diverse, the book's unity is provided by a broadly shared theoretical framework. As such, Interactionist Approaches to Language and Literacy will be valuable to educators at every level and to researchers in applied linguistics, psychology, adult literacy programs, and English as a second language.

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• 1 Introduction to the Volume
• Part I Context
• 2 Introduction to the Section
• 3 An interactionist approach to the analysis of similarities and differences between spoken and written language
• 4 Repair in spontaneous speech: A window on second language development
• 5 Struggling for a voice: An interactionist view of language and literacy in Deaf Education
• Part II Mediation
• 6 Introduction to the Section
• 7 Nonverbal factors in the interpsychic to intrpsychic internalisation of objects
• 8 An ecological approach to the emergence of the lexicon: Socializing attention
• 9 Learning how to explain: the effects of mother's language on the child
• 10 Developing the representational functions of language: the role of parent-child book reading activity
• 11 The implications of Vygotskian theory for the development of home-school programs: A focus on storybook reading
• 12 Vygotsky in the classroom: An interactionist literacy framework in mathematics
• Part III Functunal Systems
• 13 Introduction to the Section
• 14 Adults learning literacy: The role of private speech in reading comprehension
• 15 From 'Paj Ntaub' to paragraphs: Perspectives on Hmong processes of composing
• 16 Toward a definition of law school readiness