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Download full textMcCarthey, Sarah J. – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2004
The case study describes the application of Bakhtin's theories of dialogism to the language learning of one child. The author traces the development of her son's language development from age 2 and 9 months through the age of 5 and 6 months. The findings focus on the ways in which the preschooler appropriated language from books, his parent's…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
