Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies (eBook, ePUB)

Theory, Practice, and Social Justice
Redaktion: Badwan, Khawla; Ben Shannon, David; Nair, Vishnu Kk; MacRae, Christina; Holmes, Rachel; Hackett, Abigail; Flewitt, Rosie; Farah, Warda; Dower, Ruth Churchill

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Challenging dominant views of early childhood language development and knowledge, this thought-provoking volume illuminates the importance of place, the body, and movement in opening space for young children's improvisatory, creative, playful language practices.

Bringing together a rich collection of contemporary research and diverse perspectives, the book centers on the premise that 'where' talk happens-be it spoken, mimed, signed, or assisted through one or more communication tools-is not a neutral backdrop or controllable variable. Rather, it is deeply entangled in the emergence of language from bodies, in how these vocalizations make their way into the world, what they might feel like and set into motion, and how they are received, heard and listened to by other humans and by non-humans. Chapter authors introduce theories about language, body, and place, while also providing examples of what this work may look like in practice.

This book is key reading for those who work with young children and families, including teachers, pre-service teachers studying child development, speech and language therapists, support workers, and those in the arts, cultural and environmental sectors. It is also highly relevant to researchers, literacy education scholars, and anyone who endeavors to think more expansively and critically about language and literacy in early childhood contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040405611
• Artikelnr.: 75059965

Autorenporträt

Khawla Badwan is Reader in TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Ruth Churchill Dower is a PhD scholar at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, exploring young children's nonlingual ways of being through experiments in movement. Warda Farah is a Social Entrepreneur, Speech & Language Therapist, Writer and Consultant. Rosie Flewitt is Professor of Early Childhood Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Abigail Hackett is a Professor of Childhood and Education at Sheffield Hallam University. Rachel Holmes is a Professor in the Education and Social Research Institute of Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Christina MacRae is a Visiting Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. Vishnu KK Nair is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at University of Reading. David Ben Shannon is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Book Series Editors' Forward Foreword: Warda Farah SECTION I: Introduction 1 Introduction KHAWLA BADWAN
RUTH CHURCHILL DOWER
WARDA FARAH
ROSIE FLEWITT
RACHEL HOLMES
ABIGAIL HACKETT
CHRISTINA MACRAE
VISHNU NAIR
DAVID BEN SHANNON SECTION II: Language as bodily and material 2a Language as bodily and material ROSIE FLEWITT
RACHEL HOLMES
CHRISTINA MACRAE 2b Making time for unruliness in the special education classroom: Resisting the narrowing of neurotypicality in England YVONNE WILLIAMS and DAVID BEN SHANNON 2c Letting things become what they want to become: Uncertainty
improvisation
and resisting the tyranny of talk CHARLOTTE ARCULUS 2d Facilitating expressive language through body movements: Clinical implications MAYA LEELA 2e Speech Bubbles: How play
joy
and storytelling open up expansive possibilities for language ADAM POWER-ANNAND with ABIGAIL HACKETT 2f Coming together: Roundtable discussion on language as bodily and material CHARLOTTE ARCULUS
RACHEL HOLMES
MAYA LEELA
CHRISTINA MACRAE
ADAM POWER-ANNAND
DAVID BEN SHANNON
YVONNE WILLIAMS SECTION III: Place and language 3a Place and Language WARDA FARAH
VISHNU NAIR
DAVID BEN SHANNON 3b Researching language and place: What is the evidence base? ABIGAIL HACKETT and DAVID BEN SHANNON 3c Rituals
vocalisations and creating comfortable spaces: A spatialised view of young children's language in museums ABI HACKETT
CHRISTINA MACRAE
DAVID BEN SHANNON
ROBERT CHESTER
LUCY COOKE
ESTHER HALLBERG
GEORGINA SIMMONS
LAURA SMITH-HIGGINS
SALLY TOON 3d Spaces of Reprieve: An emancipatory practice centring Black and Brown children labelled with communication difficulties WARDA FARAH and VISHNU NAIR 3e The entanglement between signed language
embodiment
and place LEALA HOLCOMB 3f Coming together: Roundtable discussion on place and language WARDA FARAH
ABI HACKETT
LEALA HOLCOMB
VISHNU KK NAIR
DAVID BEN SHANNON SECTION IV: Language beyond meaning 4a Language beyond meaning KHAWLA BADWAN
RUTH CHURCHILL DOWER
ABIGAIL HACKETT 4b Beyond 'deficit' or 'lack': Enjoying the richness of language and meaning-making in a complex early childhood classroom WILLOW SPENCER
JESS CLARKE
DAVID BEN SHANNON 4c How might body-listening open up space for body-languaging? RUTH CHURCHILL DOWER 4d Who chooses my words? ANDREA LEE 4e Listening Body LOUISE KLARNETT 4f Coming together: Roundtable discussion on language beyond meaning RUTH CHURCHILL DOWER
ABIGAIL HACKETT
ANDREA LEE
DAVID BEN SHANNON SECTION V: Rights of the Talker 5. The Rights of the Talker. A manifesto for chattering
whispering
translanguaging
not-speaking
non-verbalising
screeching
signing
clicking
twirling
stimming
assistive technology-ing
jumping
shouting
grasping
gasping
dancing
drawing
repeating
refusing
gesturing
glancing
smirking
eye-rolling
whistling...... ABIGAIL HACKETT
KHAWLA BADWAN
RUTH CHURCHILL DOWER
ESTER EHIYAZARYAN-WHITE
WARDA FARAH
ROSIE FLEWITT
KAREN GRAINGER
RACHEL HOLMES
CHRISTINA MACRAE
VISHNU NAIR
DAVID BEN SHANNON