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Metalanguage<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">Guest editor: <B>Dorit Ravid</B>,
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Current perspectives on the relationship between
meta-language (or language awareness) and language knowledge regard linguistic
ability as a graded continuum between its implicit and explicit poles. Thinking
about and manipulating language is considered an integral part of
psycholinguistic development by most child language researchers today. Language
instruction, which promotes metalinguistic awareness, constitutes one of the
central and the most important domains in school curricula, both as an
independent discipline and as a crucial underpinning for the acquisition and
consolidation of literacy skills. Specific language instruction is called for in
the case of school children with difficulties in learning and using language.
Thus, while meta-linguistic thought emerges in children spontaneously, in many
cases intervention projects instructing children in linguistic skills tackle
specific difficulties that deliberately draw on or promote metalinguistic
awareness as a means of achieving their goals. <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We
are calling for papers for a special theme issue of <I>First Language</I>
focusing on <B>intervention and metalanguage </B>in the context of first
language development. Topics of likely interest include (but are not restricted
to): case studies as well as larger population samples; intervention for
clinical, educational, literacy or empirical purposes; intervention focusing on
phonological, morphological, syntactic, pragmatic or lexical skills, as well as
on specific skills such as naming or temporal processing; intervention involving
various degrees of linguistic explicitness. Papers will undergo the usual
process of peer review and will be considered for the theme issue based on their
excellent scientific quality and suitability for the topic of the special issue.
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Submissions should be sent by email to Dorit Ravid<I>
</I>at<I> </I></FONT><A href="mailto:doritr@post.tau.ac.il"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">doritr@post.tau.ac.il</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> . <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
closing date for submissions is March 30, 2005.<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<DIV>===================<BR>Professor Dorit Ravid<BR>The Constantiner School of
Education and the Department of Communications Disorders<BR>Tel Aviv
University</DIV>
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<DIV>Please send mail to:<BR>Dorit Ravid<BR>The Constantiner School of
Education<BR>Tel Aviv University<BR>Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL<BR>Tel +972 3 5364304
(H)<BR> +972 3 6408626
(O)<BR> +972 54 4482401 (M)<BR>Fax: +972 3
5360394, 6409477<BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:doritr@post.tau.ac.il">doritr@post.tau.ac.il</A><BR><A
href="http://www.tau.ac.il/education/homepg/dorit-ravid.html">http://www.tau.ac.il/education/homepg/dorit-ravid.html</A><BR></DIV>
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