Language Function: An Introduction to Pragmatic Assessment and Intervention for Higher Order Thinking and Better Literacy - Hardcover

Arwood, Ellyn

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9781849058001: Language Function: An Introduction to Pragmatic Assessment and Intervention for Higher Order Thinking and Better Literacy
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1849058008 ISBN 13: 9781849058001
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010

Synopsis

Literacy teaching tends to take a structural approach to language, focusing on auditory products or skills such as sounds, morphemes, words, sentences, and vocabulary. However, new research suggests that the majority of English speakers actually think and learn in visual concepts, and that there is a cultural and linguistic mismatch between auditory teaching methods and the way students think and learn. This has important implications for all educators including those who work with students with neurogenic disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorders and ADHD.

In her new book, Dr. Ellyn Lucas Arwood outlines a revolutionary four-tiered model of how a learner acquires language, and suggests ways to impose visual language functions onto an auditory language like English in order to improve learning for both neurotypical learners and those with neurogenic disabilities. Dr. Arwood provides tried-and-tested intervention strategies that work with all levels of ability, giving readers the knowledge and confidence to teach learners to become more literate in a way that raises learners' abilities to think and problem solve.

This book takes a fresh look at how language and literacy interact, and will be of interest to educators and special educators, speech and language pathologists, and other professionals who support language learning and development.

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About the Author

Dr. Ellyn Lucas Arwood is a speech and language pathologist who has been working in Higher Education for 39 years. As the author of six textbooks and numerous articles and monographs on language and learning, she has established a reputation as an expert in how language is used for learning and how language and cognition interact. As a practitioner in education, Dr. Arwood is often referred to as a "lady before her time". Her development of assessment methods and instructional strategies for children and adults has positively influenced the lives of thousands of individuals, both nationally and internationally.

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Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1849058008
ISBN 13 
9781849058001
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
416
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