Chapter 1: Understanding Children’s Literacy Development
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Key Concepts and Instructional Activities That You Will Read About in This Chapter
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Language, Thinking, and Learning
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Schemas and Learning
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           Schemas
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           Infants and Schemas
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The Relation between Language and Learning
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           Social Basis for Learning
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           Zone of Proximal Development
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Four Systems of Spoken Language
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           Pragmatics
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           Semantics
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           Syntax
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           Phonology
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Four Systems of Written Language
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           Functions of Written Language
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           Meanings in Written Language
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                       Unusual Words and Phrases
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                       Contextualization
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Written Language Forms
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           Words and Sentences
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           Text Formats
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Meaning-Form Links
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Children’s Concepts about Written Language
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           Ted’s Delight: A Case Study of Two Children’s Reading and Writing
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Ted’s and Carrie’s Concepts about Written Language
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Developmental Changes in Children’s Reading and Writing
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