Teachers talking to young children: Invitations to negotiate meaning in everyday conversations

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-148

  Gjems, Liv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children's construction of meaning; Conversations; Everyday; Language learning; Learning through language; Teacher talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954158018     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13502931003784479     Document Type: Article

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