This publication is concerned with the early stages of language
acquisition and is designed for use by early childhood teachers,
nursery nurses, special education teachers and others working with
children experiencing difficulties in learning to talk. Procedures
are described that can be used to assess a child’ s current skills
and plan activities to increase communicative competence.
The programme described is based on a developmental sequence
that moves the early skills of joint attention, turn-taking and
appropriate play to the more complex skills of asking and answering
questions. Other issues discussed include sound development and
intelligibility, the use of augmentative and alternative
communication as stepping stones to speech, working with children
and with families.
The second edition has an expanded focus on the place of
communicative intentions in early language development.
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Part 1.
Background to The Language Programme.
Explanations for language Development in Children.
Acquiring Language, The Developmental sequence.
Contexts for Learning, Routine Events and Play.
Talking With children.
Part 2.
Designing and Implementing a Language Programme.
Organizing a Language Programme.
Preliminary Skills, Programme Level 1.
Preverbal skills, Programme Level 2.
First Words, Programme Level 3.
Programme Levels 4 and 5 – Communicative Intentions.
Part 3, .
Issues in Implementation.
Phonological Development and Intelligibility.
Augmentative and Alternative forms of Communication as Stepping
Stones to Speech.
Working With Children whose Home Language is Other Than
English.
Working With Children in Groups.
Working With Families.
References.
Index.
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Sandra Bochner and Jane Jones, Laurel House Early Language Project, Parramatta, Australia