Critical Perspectives of the Language Gap

Name: Critical Perspectives of the Language Gap
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Critical Perspectives of the Language GapAuthor(s): Eric J. Johnson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367586669, 978-0367586669\nSynopsis\nThis volume is an orchestrated critique of the notion that individuals from lower socioeconomic status communities have inferior language skills as compared to middle- and upper-class groups. The idea of this so-called language gap stems in large part from Hart and Risleys [tel] publication Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children. Hart and Risley proposed that by age 3, children from more economically affluent households were exposed to approximately 30 million more words than children from low-income backgrounds. They also claimed that this gap in exposure to words negatively impacts cognitive development and eventual academic achievement. The contributing authors in this book contest the original concept of a language-gap as well as the r.