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ERIC Number: EJ309261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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What Children Know and Teach about Language Competence.
Lazarus, Peggy G.
Theory into Practice, v23 n3 p225-31 Sum 1984
Kindergarten children were observed in a classroom situation to discover communicative competence in the sociolinguistic area. These children demonstrated competency in awareness of regularities in use of language in the classroom, ability to publicize confusions, and variations in ways of speaking. (DF)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Kindergarten Children, Linguistic Competence, Preschool Education, Sociolinguistics, Verbal Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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