Language Development From Theory to Practice - Khara L. Pence Turnbull, Laura M. Justice

Language Development From Theory to Practice

Buch | Softcover
432 Seiten
2011 | 2nd edition
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-707347-4 (ISBN)
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A balanced and multidimensional survey of language development rich in learning tools and features.

 

Language Development from Theory to Practice provides students with a user-friendly approach to key topics in language development, including research methods, theoretical perspectives, major language milestones from birth to adolescence, and language diversity and language disorders. The research based and theoretical foundation found in this engaging text is designed to prepare students for advanced study in subjects associated with language development by summarizing the various theoretical orientations that have guided research and practice. With an emphasis on the relevance of the material to students’ current and future experiences in clinical, educational, and research settings, this text also focuses on individual differences in language development, including those of children who are developing language in diverse cultures or who are developing language atypically.

 

Features

 

·        A balance of theory and practice provides students with a theoretical and scientific foundation to the study of language development and prepares them for advanced study in language development and related fields.

·        A multidisciplinary focus allows readers to best understand the constantly evolving and diverse world of language development study

·        Multicultural considerations in understanding language development promotes students’ awareness of the way culture interacts with language development for children from diverse backgrounds within and beyond North American communities.

·        An emphasis on research familiarize students with the use of evidence-based practices as well as the most current empirical findings in children’s language achievements.

·        A reader-friendly format and style promotes student learning with boldfaced terms, helpful figures and graphs, discussion questions, and an engaging writing style.

·        Learning tools and features, include focus questions, chapter summaries, resource lists, boxed inserts.

·        A companion website located at www.pearsonhighered.com/pence2e, offers students reflection questions, study items, and helpful website links to related sites of interest for further study.

·        A CD-ROM that contains language samples of children from birth through 13 years of age and video clips of research paradigms used to learn about language development gives students an opportunity to hear and visualize language development and language development concepts.

Glossary 

 

Brief Contents

Chapter 1 Language Development: An Introduction

Chapter 2The Science and Theory of Language Development

Chapter 3Building Blocks of Language

Chapter 4  Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Language

Chapter 5Infancy: Let the Language Achievements Begin  


Chapter 6Toddlerhood: Exploring the World and Experimenting with Language

Chapter 7Preschool: Building Literacy on Language

Chapter 8 School-Age Years and Beyond: Developing Later Language

Chapter 9 Language Differences and Disorders

Glossary   


References


Subject and Name index   





Contents

1  Language Development: An Introduction  

Focus Questions


Important Terms  


What Is Language?


Language Defined


Language as a Module of Human Cognition


How Does Language Relate to Speech, Hearing, and Communication?


Speech  


Hearing  


Communication


What Are the Major Domains of Language?


Form, Content, and Use


Components of Form, Content, and Use


What Are Some Remarkable Features of Language?  


Acquisition Rate


Universality


Species Specificity 


Semanticity


Productivity  


What Are Language Differences and Language Disorders?


Language Differences


Language Disorders


Summary


2  The Science and Theory of Language Development

Focus Questions


Important Terms


Who Studies Language Development and Why?


Basic Research


Applied Research 


What Are Some Major Approaches to Studying Language Development?


Approaches to Studying Speech Perception


Approaches to Studying Language Production


Approaches to Studying Language Comprehension  


What Are Some Major Language Development Theories?  


Questions That Should Be Answered by Language Theories 


Major Language Development Theories  


How Do Language Development Theories Influence Practice? 


Linkage of Theory to Practice


Instruction in English as a Second Language: Theory and Practice  


Practices Informed by Language Theories


Evidence-Based Practice: Linking Theory, Science, and Practice  


Summary



 

3  Building Blocks of Language

Focus Questions


Important Terms


What Is Phonological Development?  


Phonological Building Blocks


Influences on Phonological Development  


What Is Morphological Development?


Morphological Building Blocks


Influences on Morphological Development


What Is Syntactic Development?


Syntactic Building Blocks


Influences on Syntactic Development  


Influences on Syntactic Development


What Is Semantic Development?  


Semantic Building Blocks


Influences on Semantic Development


What Is Pragmatic Development?


Pragmatic Building Blocks


Influences on Pragmatic Development  


Summary





4  Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Language  

Focus Questions


Important Terms 


What Are Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology?  


Terminology


Neuroscience Basics


What Are The Major Structures And Functions Of The Human Brain?


Cerebrum


Brainstem


Cerebellum


How Does the Human Brain Process and Produce Language? 


Semantics


Syntax and Morphology


Phonology


Pragmatics


What Are Neurophysiological and Neuroanatomical Sensitive Periods?


Sensitive Periods Defined


Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Concepts Related to Sensitive Periods


Sensitive Periods and Language Acquisition


Summary





5  Infancy: Let the Language Achievements Begin

Focus Questions


Important Terms


What Major Language Development Milestones Occur in Infancy?


Infant Speech Perception


Awareness of Actions and Intentions  


Category Formation


Early Vocalizations


Additional Milestones


What Are Some of the Early Foundations for Language Development?


Infant-Directed Speech


Joint Reference and Attention  


Daily Routines of Infancy 


Caregiver Responsiveness


What Major Achievements in Language Form, Content, and Use Characterize Infancy?


Language Form


Language Content  


Language Use


What Factors Influence Infants’ Individual Achievements in Language?


Intraindividual Differences


Interindividual Differences


How Do Researchers and Clinicians Measure Language Development in Infancy?


Researchers


Clinicians


Summary 





6   Toddlerhood: Exploring the World and Experimenting with Language  

Focus Questions


Important Terms


What Major Language Development Milestones Occur in Toddlerhood?


First Words


Gestures


What Major Achievements in Language Form, CONTENT, and Use Characterize Toddlerhood?


Language Form


Language Content


Language Use


What Factors Influence Toddlers’ Individual Achievements in Language?  


Intraindividual Differences


Interindividual Differences


How Do Resesarchers and Clinicians Measure Language Development in Toddlerhood?


Researchers


Clinicians


Summary





7    Preschool: Building Literacy on Language  

Focus Questions  


Important Terms


What Major Language Development Milestones Occur in the Preschool Period?  


Decontextualized Language


Emergent Literacy

What Major Achievements in Language Content, Form, and Use Characterize the Preschool Period?


Language Form


Language Content


Language Use 


What Factors Influence Preschoolers’ Individual Achievements in Language?


Intraindividual Differences


Interindividual Differences


How Do Researchers and Clinicians Measure Language Development in the Preschool Period?


Researchers


Clinicians


Summary





8  School-Age Years and Beyond: Developing Later Language  

Focus Questions


Important Terms


What Major Language Development Milestones Occur in the School-Age Years and Beyond?


Shifting Sources of Language Input


Acquisition of Metalinguistic Competence


What Major Achievements in Language Content, Form, and Use Characterize the School-Age Years and Beyond?


Language Form  


Language Content


Language Use


What Factors Influence School-Age Children’s, Adolescents’, and Adults’ Individual Competencies in Language?


Language and Gender


Language and Aging  


How Do Researchers and Clinicians Measure Language Development in the School-Age Years and Beyond?


Assessment Types


Assessment of Language Form


Assessment of Language Content 


Assessment of Language Use


Summary  




9  Language Diffrences and Disorders   

Focus Questions


important terms


WHAT ARE DIALECTSWhat are?


Dialects


Pidgins


Creoles


What Are Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition?


Bilingualism and Multilingualism


Second Language Acquisition


What Is a Language Disorder?


Distinguishing Between Language Disorders and Language Differences


Prevalence


What Are The Major Types of Child Language Disorders?


Specific Language Impairment


Autism Spectrum Disorder


Intellectual Disability


Traumatic Brain Injury


Hearing Loss  


Identification and Treatment of Language Disorders 


Summary




References  


Subject and name Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.2.2011
Sprache englisch
Maße 185 x 231 mm
Gewicht 726 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Logopädie
ISBN-10 0-13-707347-X / 013707347X
ISBN-13 978-0-13-707347-4 / 9780137073474
Zustand Neuware
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