welcome dose of humour? - Nursery World `One of the insights of social theories of language which is now taken for granted is that language varies as the social context varies? (Kress, 1997) This is a book that operationalizes this insight: it charts young children?s early attempts to write as they struggle to communicate meaning for a variety of purposes. Each section deals with the appropriate research evidence on the development of children?s competence in literacy, and their growing awareness of genre, and uniquely, with a clear approa

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