This established text--now revised and updated--reveals how spoken language skills are acquired and how they affect children’s later reading and writing achie

This book has been replaced by Language and Literacy Development, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4004-4.

From August 19-23 1996 an international expert meeting on problems and interventions in literacy development took place in Amsterdam. The meeting was organized

This concise, accessible book explores the connection between language acquisition and emergent literacy skills, and how this sets the stage for later literacy