Learning about Punctuation (The Language and Education Library)

Hall, Nigel; Robinson, Anne

ISBN 10: 1853593214 / ISBN 13: 9781853593215

Published by Multilingual Matters, 1996

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning about Punctuation (The Language and Education Library)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853593214
• ISBN 13: 9781853593215
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 258.5 grams

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Synopsis

Book by Hall, Nigel, Robinson, Anne

From the Back Cover

This timely book is the first ever to address the issues associated with how people, and especially children, make sense of punctuation. The first chapter offers a detailed overview of some of the major issues. In Chapters 2, 3 and 4 the authors offer accounts of how children develop understanding of punctuation. Chapter 5 deals with teachers' experiences of, attitudes towards, and beliefs about the teaching and learning of punctuation. Chapter 6 contains a detailed analysis of one lesson in which punctuation was the main feature and explores its consequences for the children's use of punctuation in their writing. In Chapter 7 the author examines how a deaf child learned to punctuate and raises important issues about the relationship between oral language and punctuation. Chapter 8 contains a rare account of how young children use punctuation when reading. Finally, Chapter 9 offers an account of the problems of adult basic writers; difficulties which have a strong relationship with those faced with young writers.