Language of Children Reared in Poverty: Implications for Evaluation and Intervention

[environmental Effects On Language Learning] -- Language, Poverty, And Disadvantage In School / Joan Tough -- Mother-child Interaction, Language Development, And The School Performance Of Poverty Children / Dale C. Farran -- Routines In Mother-child Interaction / Catherine E. Snow, Clara Dubber, And Akke De Blauw -- [language Use And Schooling] -- Language And School Failure : Some Speculations About The Relationship Between Oral And Written Language / Marion Blank -- The Development And Importance Of Narratives For School Adaptation / Lynne Feagans -- Societal Forces As A Context Of Ghetto Children's School Failure / John U. Ogbu -- [language Evaluation] -- Language Behavior In The Test Situation And The Intelligence Test Achievement Of Transracially And Traditionally Adopted Black Children / Elsie G.j. Moore -- Test-taking Behaviors Of Black Toddlers : An Interactive Analysis / Grace C. Massey, Asa G. Hillard, And Jean Carew -- Assessing Oral Language Ability In Children / Roger W. Shuy And Jana Staton -- [language Interventions] -- Process In The Teaching Of Pragmatics / Betty Hart -- The Language Of The Poverty Child : Implications From Center-based Intervention And Evaluation Programs / Gael D. Mcginness -- [from Theory To Practice-some Implications] -- Moving Beyond The Difference-deficit Debate / Marion Blank -- Contingencies In Communication / Betty Hart -- Group Vs. Individual Differences : Avoiding The Deficit Model / Elsie G.j. Moore -- Knowledge And The Use Of Language / Catherine E. Snow -- The Importance Of Understanding Function From A Sociolinguist's Perspective / Roger W. Shuy -- Teachers Can Create Enabling Environments For Children And Then Children Will Learn / Joan Tough -- Intervention For Poverty Children : Alternative Approaches / Dale C. Farran. Edited By Lynne Feagans, Dale Clark Farran. Includes Bibliographies And Index.