Books by Deirdre Martin

Using examples from classroom practice, this text shows how pupils with language and communication difficulties can have access to similar learning opportunities to those of their peers.

This book offers a solution to the familiar dilemma of decoding communication difficulties for learners developing the language of schooling. The author takes a sociocultural Vygotskian approach to reinterpret international research in language disabilities, namely specific language impairment, communication difficulties, dyslexia and deafness.

Written for the newly-qualified or student teacher, this text explains the process of identifying and understanding the nature of speech and language difficulties in pupils and shows how to support their learning. The author discusses how these difficulties can impact on the pupil's learning.

Revised in the light of developments in practice since the first edition, this text discusses children's language development in the context of the classroom. The book is designed to help the practitioner to understand the range of language difficulties experienced by children.