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ERIC Number: EJ218347
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Children's Functional Language Protocols.
Cahir, Stephen R.; Kovac, Ceil
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v4 n1 p73-79 Fall 1979
Article discusses (1) implications of understanding children's functional language competence for assessment and evaluation, (2) application of this understanding to preparation of teaching materials and design of curricula, and (3) recognition of children's language as a viable system of its own rather than an incomplete rendition of the adult model. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Instructional Design, Language Usage, Linguistics, Material Development, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Functional Language Competence