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ERIC Number: EJ345996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Facilitating Oral Language Competence: The Natural Ingredients
Wishon, Phillip M.; And Others
Childhood Education, v63 n2 p91-94 Dec 1986
Maintains that by focusing on natural strategies to facilitate language interaction, adults can become instrumental in expanding the foundations of literacy of young children. Strategies include planning stimulating learning experiences utilizing contextual cues; encouraging personalized development of child language events; anticipating and expanding (word) meaning; and utilizing linguistic expansion. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Competence, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Learning Strategies, Literacy, Oral Language, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caregiver Role