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Background Speakers: Diversity and its Management in LOTE Programs, Michael Clyne, Sue Fernandez, Imogen Y. Chen, Renata Summo‐O‐Connell, 1997, Belconnen, ACT, Australia, Language Australia, $28.00, Soft cover, 24cm x 16cm, 175 pages. Communicative Psychoanalysis with Children, V. A. Bonac, 1999, London, UK, Whurr Publishers Ltd, Maclennan & Petty, $74–00, Card cover 23.5cm X 15.5cm, 189 pages. Language Disorders in Children and Adults, S. Chiat, J. Law & J. Marshall (Eds.), 1997, London, UK, Whurr Publishers Ltd Australian Dist: MacIennan & Petty, $92.00, Card cover 23.5cm X 15.5cm, 272 pages. Empowerment in Everyday Life – learning disability, Edited by: Paul Ramcharan, Gwyneth Roberts, Gordon Grant and & John Borland, 1997, London, U.K., Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd., Astam Books, Locked Bag 2, Annandale NSW 2038, $64.00, Soft cover, size 23.5 x 15.5 cm., 266 pp. Phonemic Awareness in Young Children, Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara R. Foorman, Ingvar Lundberg & Terri Beeler, 1998, Baltimore, Maryland USA, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore, Maryland USA, Maclennan & Petty, $46.10 including GS, New ISBN. 0–86433–160–6, Size: 28cm. x 21.5cm., 180pp., coloured cover, spiral bound. Assessing and Teaching Phonological Knowledge, John Munro, 1998, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Council for Educational Research, $97.90, Comprises Manual, Checklists, Record booklet and Task sheets. Manual she 30cm. x 21cm., 132pp. The Bangor Dyslexia Teaching System (3rd Edition), Elaine Miles, 1998, London, UK, Whurr Publishers Ltd, $74–65, 21cm x 21cm, 102 pages, paperback., ISBN: 1–86156–055–9 Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties, Joy Stackhouse & Bill Wells, 1997, London, Whurr Publishers Ltd., MacLennan and Petty, $81.25 Star Track Reading and Spelling, Cosette Beadle and Joan Hampshire, 1997, London, England., Whurr Publishers Ltd., MacLennan & Petty (Australia), $163.60, Size 29.5cm. x 21cm., card cover, spiral bound, 273 pages. ISBN: 1897635 82 6 Sounds & Vowels ‐ Keys to Literacy Progress (Teacher's Master Book) (Student Work Book) Laminated Wallcharts: (small) $17.50, (large) $32.50, Susan Galletly, 1999, Mt. Pleasant, Mackay, Qld., Literacy Plus, P.O Box 8627, Mt. Pleasant, Mackay, Qld., Teacher's Master Book $68.50 Student Work Book $14–50, Size 30cm x 21cm, 156 pp. (Master Book), 64pp. (student work book). Autism: A World Apart, Poseidon Film Productions for Channel 4, BBC, 1999, London, England, HopeLine Videos, PO Box 515, London SW15 2WB, £16.95 (Including Postage) Specific Reading Disability: A view of the spectrum, Bruce K. Shapiro, Pasquale J. Accardo & Arnold J. Cupute, 1988, Timonium, Maryland, York Press Inc., Maclennan & Petty, $73.75, Paperback, 267 pages, 15cm x 23cm. Language Difficulties in an Educational Context, Wendy Rinaldi, 2000, London, England, Whurr Publishers, $81.25, Maclennan & Petty, Paperback, 152 pages, text and figures, with some illustrations. How to Detect and Manage Dyslexia A Reference and Resource Manual, Philomena Ott, 1997, Heinemann Educational Publishers, UK Reed Books, Melbourne, $42.00, ISBN: 0 435 104195