Inexperienced writers and private speech : how talk-to-self helps six and seven year olds write independently

In this thesis I develop the argument that children's talk to themselves, or private speech, signals their understanding how to transform a thought into the alphabetic spelling code and is critical to their success in learning to write. At early stages of writing a child needs an experienced li...

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Main Author: Feather, Beverly
Published: University College London (University of London) 1994
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.630754