Doing things with words : early language socialisation / Joan Kale and Allan Luke -- Classroom discourse : organising opportunities for talk / Elaine Furniss and Maureen Poulton -- Literacy assessment : assessing achievements in real reading and writing / Mike Dilena and Jane Leaker -- Gender and literacy learning : powerful literacies for boys and girls / Jeanette Rhedding-Jones and Nicky Atkinson -- Literacy and second language learners : using language to learn / Paul Dufficy and Pauline Gummer -- The unsuccessful reader : negotiating new perceptions / Kaye Lowe and Julie Walters -- Parental involvement : fostering literacy development in the home / Derek Toomey and Carmel Allen -- Early literacy development : teaching children to read / Margaret Mooney