Publications

Publication details [#9973]

Wells, C. Gordon and Martin Montgomery. 1981. Adult-child interaction at home and at school. In French, Peter and Margaret MacLure, eds. Adult-child conversation. Croom Helm. pp. 210–243.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult-child conversation | enculturation | family conversation | school

Annotation

It is argued that the knowledge and values that a child acquires are learned largely through interaction with other members of his culture, particularly parents and teachers, and that such interactions are achieved to a very considerable extent through linguistic communication.

Reviewed by

Drew, Paul. 1981. Adult's corrections of children's mistakes: A response to Wells and Montgomery. In French, Peter and Margaret MacLure, eds. Adult-child conversation. Croom Helm. pp. 244–267.