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Talk Reform: Explorations in Language for Infant School Children

Talk Reform: Explorations in Language for Infant School Children

Gahagan, D. M.
Gahagan, G. A.

Paperback

Series: Primary Socialization, Language and Education

LinguisticsGeneral EducationPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 1041008988
ISBN13: 9781041008989
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 8 2026
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Originally published in 1970, Talk Reform describes the development of an exploratory language enrichment programme devised by the authors and carried out by teachers in a group of primary schools in a working-class area of London.

Inspired by Bernstein's theory of different language codes and their relation to educational underachievement, the authors devised a series of situations in the classroom as preconditions for extending language use. Their aim was to reorient the reader to the social functions of language, so that teachers who understood the ideas behind this programme would be able to carry out the activities described as well as those they may have thought up for themselves. The kinds of problems encountered when trying to judge the value of intervention and change in the classroom are discussed and illustrated, from the authors' own research. The authors put forward the view that the social and linguistic skills that could be acquired in the way outlined in their book were crucial to the advancement of the working-class child in the social system. Today it can be read in its historical context.

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