LINGUIST List 14.600

Sat Mar 1 2003

Media: BBC Programmes: Feral Children

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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  • James Scobbie, BBC Programmes Feb 2003 on feral children

    Message 1: BBC Programmes Feb 2003 on feral children

     Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 04:00:36 +0000
    From: James Scobbie <jscobbieqmuc.ac.uk>
    Subject: BBC Programmes Feb 2003 on feral children


    The Material World, a BBC Radio 4 science programme, has a 15 minute piece on feral children which may be of use for teaching or general interest, with Michael Newton, Part time lecturer at UCL and author of Savage Girls and Wild Children and Dr James Law, Professor of Language and Communication studies at City University, London.

    This link will not be relevant for long, about a week:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld.shtml

    You can listen to the programme online, until next week's appears to replace it, here:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/rams/materialworld.ram

    Last week's Book of the week on Radio 4 is Savage Girls and Wild Children by Michael Newton--a history of the feral child. It will be available to listen to until replaced by next week's book, a day at a time.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/book_of_the_week.shtml

    1st part of it only available today (sat 1st & sun 2nd march):

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/ram/book_week_mon.ram