TY  - BOOK
AU  - Britton,James
TI  - Language and learning
SN  - 0713901284
U1  - 401.9 BRI 
PY  - 1970///
CY  - London
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Children
KW  - Language
KW  - Language acquisition
N1  -  Includes index.
N2  - For both teachers and parents, the implications of James Britton's now classic work are profound. Language and learning is the outcome of Britton's close observations as researcher, teacher, and parent of how children shape their individual visions of the world. Drawing in the theories of many thinkers, including Piaget and Vygotsky, the author provides a rich and moving account of how children learn to talk and the role of speech in cognitive development and in coping with the challenges of adolescence. In James Britton's words, "We cannot afford to underestimate the value of language as a means of organizing and consolidating our accumulated experience, or its value as a means of interacting with people and objects to create experience
ER  -