TY - BOOK AU - Wilson, Angela, AU - Scanlon, Julie, TI - Language knowledge for primary teachers / SN - 9780415564809 U1 - 372.6 WIL 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-172) and index; Why do primary teachers need language knowledge? -- A framework for considering language knowledge -- Building on preschool children's language knowledge -- Some characteristics of texts -- Making sense of texts -- What big teeth you have, grammar! -- Sentence structure: phrases and clauses -- Words, words, words -- Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to fictional texts and poetry -- Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to non-fiction texts -- Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to non-book and electronic texts -- Applying text, sentence and word level knowledge to digital communications -- Conclusion ER -