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• Cover Page
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the author
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part 1: Language acquisition
• 1 An introduction to language acquisition
• 2 Understanding language acquisition and development: theories and approaches
• 3 Language development charts
• 4 Talking with babies
• 5 Factors that affect children’s language acquisition and development
• 6 Responding to children with speech, language and communication needs
• Part 2: Supporting children’s language acquisition and development
• 7 Interaction to support language acquisition and development
• 8 Supporting bilingual and multilingual children’s language learning
• 9 Starting from the child
• 10 Rhymes, poems, songs, music and stories
• 11 Creating a literate environment
• Part 3: Becoming a reader and a writer
• 12 Understanding literacy
• 13 Emergent literacy
• 14 Phonics in the early years
• References
• Index