Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics

Children's Voices

Name: Children's Voices
Author: Janet Maybin
ISBN: 9781403933300

by Janet Maybin

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Synopsis

A linguistic ethnographic account of 10- to 12-year-olds' use of informal language practices to construct knowledge and identity.

About the Author, Janet Maybin

JANET MAYBIN is a Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication at the Open University, U.K. She has written extensively for Open University courses on language, literacy, and learning, and also researches and writes on children's and adults' informal language and literacy practices. She originally trained as a social anthropologist.