A year-long ethnographic study of young children's language was conducted in a pre-kindergarten classroom. The investigation focused on the teachers' direct instruction and the children's emerging communicative competence in the rules and structure of group conversation. The class "Morning Meeting" was recorded once or twice a week for the entire year; a subset of these recordings formed the data set for the analysis. Of particular interest were communication behaviors that emphasized the growth
... of a sense of membership and community within the group as well as evidence that the children had learned conventions for turn-taking, topic maintenance, and solidarity. --Abstract
What to read after Talk Among the Dragonflies And Dalmations: An Investigation of Communicative Competence in a Pre-Kindergarten Classroom: a Dissertation?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Goldberg, Lauren Foley to read online
User Reviews: