Language Development from Theory to Practice

A balanced and multidimensional survey of language development rich in learning tools and features.

Language Development from Theory to Practice provides students with a user-friendly approach to key topics in language development, including research methods, theoretical perspectives, major language milestones from birth to adolescence, and language diversity and language disorders. The research based and theoretical foundation found in this engaging text is designed to prepare students for advanced study in subjects associated with language development by summarizing the various theoretical orientations that have guided research and practice. With an emphasis on the relevance of the material to students’ current and future experiences in clinical, educational, and research settings, this text also focuses on individual differences in language development, including those of children who are developing language in diverse cultures or who are developing language atypically.

Features

· A balance of theory and practice provides students with a theoretical and scientific foundation to the study of language development and prepares them for advanced study in language development and related fields.

· A multidisciplinary focus allows readers to best understand the constantly evolving and diverse world of language development study

· Multicultural considerations in understanding language development promotes students’ awareness of the way culture interacts with language development for children from diverse backgrounds within and beyond North American communities.

· An emphasis on research familiarize students with the use of evidence-based practices as well as the most current empirical findings in children’s language achievements.

· A reader-friendly format and style promotes student learning with boldfaced terms, helpful figures and graphs, discussion questions, and an engaging writing style.

· Learning tools and features, include focus questions, chapter summaries, resource lists, boxed inserts.

· A companion website located at www.pearsonhighered.com/pence2e, offers students reflection questions, study items, and helpful website links to related sites of interest for further study.

· A CD-ROM that contains language samples of children from birth through 13 years of age and video clips of research paradigms used to learn about language development gives students an opportunity to hear and visualize language development and language development concepts.

With a focus on individual differences in language development, this second edition provides readers with a multidisciplinary survey of language development from birth to adulthood that balances research and theory with practice. Supplemented with both a Companion Website and a CD-ROM, this text emphasizes evidence-based practice, highlights multicultural considerations, and describes research methodology in language development.

The second edition of this text builds on the strengths of the first edition while making a number of enhancements. Now with a more conversational tone and a greater emphasis on student learning opportunities, the newest edition ofLanguage Development from Theory to Practice has been reorganized to enhance student learning and contains a number of new and expanded topics, such as the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES), language in aging adults, cochlear implants, sociocultural variation in children s narratives, and infants use of gestures. In addition, this revised text contains two new boxed features--one that asks students to observe and analyze each other's speech and development and one that helps prepare students to take a Praxis exam.

Highlights of the Second Edition

· A balance of theory and practice provides students with a theoretical and scientific foundation in the study of language development and prepares them for advanced study in language development and related fields.

· A multidisciplinary focus allows readers to best understand the constantly evolving and diverse world of language development study.

· Multicultural considerations in understanding language development promote students awareness of the way culture interacts with language development for children from diverse backgrounds within and beyond North American communities.

· An emphasis on research familiarizes students with the use of evidence-based practices as well as the most current empirical findings in children s language achievements.

· A reader-friendly format and style promotes student learning with boldfaced terms, helpful figures and graphs, discussion questions, and an engaging writing style.

· A wealth of learning tools and features, include focus questions, chapter summaries, resource lists, and boxed inserts.

· A Companion Website, located at www.pearsonhighered.com/pence2e, offers students reflection questions, study items, and helpful website links to related sites of interest for further study.

· A CD-ROM that contains language samples of children from birth through 13 years of age and video clips of research paradigms used to learn about language development gives students an opportunity to hear and visualize language development and language development concepts.