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The value of speaking with a regional accent is something which is subject to fashion: today, an accent tends to be valued as a mark of individuality in an increasingly mono-cultural and...
| Year published: 1978 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
There are a number of children in New Zealand who, during their pre-school years regularly use a language other than English. They use it at home with their parents, and at play with their...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Social-class differences in children's speech and language have attracted a lot of attention in recent years, and a variety of theories have been put forward to explain and describe them. Some...
| Year published: 1977 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article An overview of the issues in the whole language versus phonics debate.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article An account of the important work by Joshua Fishman on reversing language shift which highlights the precarious state of the Māori and Aboriginal languages.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article Research discoveries by experts in teaching English as a second language can be transferred to the teaching of any second language. Practical examples and teaching programmes at different levels.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article For the young immigrant child what the teacher does to help her acquire new words is more important than persuading her parents to speak English at home. (From set: Research Information for Teachers...
| Year published: 1983 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Early Childhood Folio article Once a day I try to state in short words what I think. The words I use are words of one pulse. The rest of the day I use words that are two~, three~, or six-pulse words ~ just the way school folks...
| Year published: 1985 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article