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Gordon-- What does your current understanding of that work lead you to conclude vis a vis the push to start reading instruction so early that appears part of the package of propositions being criticized? mike On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Gordon Wells <gwells@ucsc.edu> wrote: > I am somewhat afraid that this post may be seen as "purveying > academic drivel for self advancement", as Mike puts it." But here goes. > > The second edition of *The Meaning Makers - t*he study of children > learning to talk and talking to learn at home and school, based on the > Bristol Study that I carried out a quarter of a century ago, has recently > been published. As well as the original text, updated where appropriate, it > contains three additional chapters that survey and comment on what has > happened since the original publication. I do believe the evidence of that > study is relevant to the ongoing discussion of the Learn Act. > > For those who are interested, here are the publication details: > [image: Jacket Image For] *The Meaning Makers*<http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?K=9781847691989&search_text_01=Gordon+Wells&search_field_01=author&search_field_02=editor&search_field_03=ctitle&search_field_04=identifier&search_field_06=keyword&sort=sort_title&m=1&dc=2> > * Series:* New Perspectives on Language and Education > *Author: * Gordon Wells<http://www.multilingual-matters.com/results.asp?aub=Gordon+Wells&TAG=&CID=> > *Binding: *Paperback > *ISBN: * 1847691986 > *ISBN-13: * 9781847691989 > *Pub Date: *01 Aug 2009 > *List price: *£19.95 *Discount:* 20% *Our Price:* £15.96 > *US List price: *$29.95 *Discount:* 20% *US Price:* $23.96 > > ------------------------------ > > Gordon Wells <gwells@ucsc.edu> http://people.ucsc.edu/~gwells/<http://people.ucsc.edu/%7Egwells/> > Department of Education > University of California, Santa Cruz. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca