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EARLY LANGUAGE &LITERACY

DEVELOPMENT OF

YOUNG CHILDREN

Naltan Lampadan, Lecturer Faculty of Education & Psychology

EDUC 380 Preschool and Kindergarten Education

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´Childrenlearns therules oflanguage atearly agewithout

formalinstructionµ

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Terminologies

Emergent literacy

Is a process of developing awareness about reading and writing

before the children can actually read and write.

Language

Defines as human speech, the written symbols for speech, or any

means of communicating.

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Language Development

Developmental process of a predictable sequence

which includes both sending and receivinginformation. It is related, but not tied, to

chronological age

Literacy

The ability to read and write, gives command of anative language for the purpose of communicating.This involves listening, speaking, reading, and writing

skills.

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Language Development ofYoung Children

Discuss

Refer to Language Development of Young Children (A & B)

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Literacy Development of YoungChildren

Begins at birth - Listening,speaking, reading and writing

Listening is a prerequisite

to speaking

Speaking is an importantstep toward reading

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Video Clip!The Four Stages in Acquiring Language.flv

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Literacy Development of YoungChildren

Children learn about their reading andwriting through play

Children talk, read or write when they areplaying

Literacy is a continuous process

Children are working on all aspects of oral and

written language at the same time

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Literacy Development of YoungChildren

Developmentally appropriate of oral and writtenlanguage:

Child·s name ² appropriate activity for learningalphabet

Environment ² Child begins to see the similarity

between letters in his name and letters in words inthe environment

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Literacy Development of YoungChildren

Phonics

Sound-symbol relationship or sounding out unfamiliar 

syllables and words Video Clip

Phonemes

Write the letter-sound relationship

Video clip

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Literacy Development of YoungChildren

Whole language

Building on what children already know about oral

language, reading and writing rather than isolatedskill development

Discuss-Refer to Section/page D

Creating a developmentally appropriate

language and literacy environment

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SETTING UP A LANGUAGE ANDLITERACY ENVIRONMENT

Children should have access tolistening, reading, and writing

materials in every languagecenter. (Oken Wright, 1998)

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SETTING UP A LANGUAGE ANDLITERACY ENVIRONMENT

A print-rich literacy environment

All types of book that are displayed attractively

Books and journals made and written by children Class collaborative projects

Magazines and newspapers

Recorded stories

Messages board

Calendars

Rebus and symbols charts and graphs

Story props for retelling stories

Alphabets charts and vocabulary posters

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