1st Edition
Language, Literacy and Communication in the Early Years A critical foundation
Foreword
About the author
Chapter 1 – Origins of Language
Chapter 2 – Receptive Language and Listening
Chapter 3 – The Oral Tradition
Chapter 4 – Scribblers to Scribes
Chapter 5 – The Foundations of Reading
Chapter 6 – Specific Learning Difficulties
Chapter 7 – Gender Influences
Chapter 8 – Living with Language---The Literate Environment
Chapter 9 - Books and Stories
Chapter 10 –The Holistic Child ----A Whole Brain Approach to Language Acquisition
Glossary
Index
Biography
Carol Hayes has worked in early years for the last 40 years as a teacher and tutor. She worked at Staffordshire University for six years as a principal lecturer and academic group leader, where she helped to develop a thriving early childhood studies department with programmes from foundation degrees to Masters in early childhood. Her specialist areas are cognitive development, language, literacy and communication and her main research interests are dyslexia and communication difficulties and the role of graduate teaching assistants in the workforce.
I haven’t found anything that I dislike about this book! It is clearly laid out and easy reading. There is a lot of useful theory analysis too! - Fiona Pavey, Yoevil CollegeI really liked this book and read it almost at one sitting...I particularly liked the layout of the book which was clear. The text was informative and the added elements of critical questions, chapter reflections, developing critical thinking and case studies were particularly useful. - Sharon Drew, University of South WalesThis text is really very good in terms of accessibility and set out clearly and makes it easy to follow through the text and format of sections diagrams and pictures. - Dr Estelle Martin, University of East London
