Hall, N. 1987

Hall, N. 1987

Reference
	Hall, Nigel. 1987.The emergence of literacy. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 91pages. 0 435 08442 9. Location: Dallas SIL Library 370.19 H178e. Interest level: lay specialist.

Summary
	Talks about young children who become literate before they enter formal schooling. Asserts that most children are not conventional readers and writers. Most of them do arrive at school knowing something about
	what written language is how it works, and what it is used for.
	Stresses valuing the knowledge children have, rather than replacing it with highly dubious and narrow models of what literacy is and how it functions. Advocates classroom environments that enable children to experience language as a totally meaningful phenomenon. Asserts that within such contexts, it confirms expectations children have about written language.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Hall, N. 1987
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): H
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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