Language Development: An Introduction: United States Edition - Softcover

Owens Jr., Robert E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205525563 ISBN 13: 9780205525560

Publisher: Pearson, 2007

Synopsis

This best-selling book addresses language variations among children, new advances in linguistics and neurology, and the importance of literacy, as well the impact of these issues on our understanding of individual development. In addition, this clearly written and comprehensive book features sections on culturally and linguistically diverse children to reflect the realities of schools in the United States. Developed within a practical framework, Language Development: An Introduction examines every aspect of syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics.

 

New features to this edition include:

• A new chapter (Ch. 11) on School-Age Literacy Development.
• Updates to the chapter on Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech (Ch. 4) that include the latest in brain imaging information to convey links between anatomy, physiology, cognition, and language, as well as the roles these links play in the development of language abnormalities.
• Updated Companion Website that now includes extensive audio examples of child language.

About this title

Review

“What I really like about the Owens text is that he goes into enough detail to make it a ‘meaty’ text for the serious student.” ―Margery Whites, St. Cloud State University

 

“The Owens Language Development text provides students with a wealth of current information. I have been satisfied with this text.” ― Barbara Weitzner-Lin, State University College of Buffalo

About the Author

Reginald Leon Green is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Memphis. He received the Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from the University of Missouri—Columbia. He has served at the teacher, principal, deputy superintendent, and superintendent levels of K—12 education, and has been in higher education for 15 years. In 1977, Dr. Green was one of five educators chosen nationally to participate in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Superintendency Preparation Program, and, in 1996, he was selected as an associate to the Institute for Educational Renewal, under the leadership of Dr. John Goodlad.

 

Dr. Green has published a book on inner-city education and articles on educational restructuring, primary grade restructuring, gang violence, and other contemporary educational issues. He has completed national inquiries into nurturing characteristics that exist in schools and standards and assessment measures being established as part of the school reform movement. This work led to the development of the Center for Urban School Leadership at the University of Memphis, where Dr. Green administered programs for five years to prepare principals for roles in urban school leadership, using a nontraditional approach.

   

Most recently, Dr. Green distinguished himself with the publication of The Four Dimensions of Principal Leadership: A Foundation for Leading 21st Century Schools. Currently, he teaches courses in educational leadership with a focus on instructional leadership, school reform, and models for turning around low performing schools. His research interests include school leadership, team building for effective teaching and learning, superintendent/board relations, school district restructuring, and the effects of nurturing characteristics on the academic achievement of students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0205525563
• ISBN 13: 9780205525560
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 528