Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Foreword by MAK Halliday; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Language and literacy; Chapter 2 Early language learning; Chapter 3 Oral language in schools; Chapter 4 Speech and writing; Chapter 5 Knowledge about language; Chapter 6 Teaching reading; Chapter 7 Teaching spelling; Chapter 8 Visual literacy and learning to read; Chapter 9 Teaching writing: the early years of primary school; Chapter 10 Teaching writing: the upper primary school; Chapter 11 Language and design; Chapter 12 Teaching literature; Chapter 13 Some issues for planning and assessment; Glossary; References; Index.