CONTENTSIdentifying the School-Aged Child Who is Language Impaired. The Real World of Collaborative, Classroom-Based Language Intervention. The Not-So-Simple Art of Conversation. Intervention with Conversation Problems. Narratives: From Scripts to Stories. Intervention with Scripts and Stories. "I Can't Write and I Hate to Read": Text and the Encounter with Literacy. Intervention for Children Who Have Problems with Text. Putting the Book Aside. References. Index.

Lively and current, CHILDREN LEARNING LANGUAGE is a practical inviting choice for courses in communication development, children's language, and educational methods. Known for its pragmatic focus on sound theoretical basis, this text-now in its third edition-offers thorough coverage of language cognition, the learning environment, and its applications to other educational curriculum.