...ways language abilities and deficiencies impact the literacy development for the different age groups up to age eight. I will also include how teachers should support the English language learners when they are trying to grasp the concept of learning a new language. The word deficiency means not having enough of something that is important or necessary (Merriam-Webster dictionary). Learning to read and write ant an early age is what will help set the tone for a child’s learning in their later years of school. It was established that the early childhood years serve as an important foundation for subsequent literacy development (Neuman and Dickerson, 2001; Snow, Burns, and Griffin 1998; Whitehurst and Lonigan, 2001).Reading books aloud is the best way to help children at a young age develop good literacy skills. In a forum that I came across while I was doing my research talked about how only 58 percent of children ages 3-5 are read to daily by family members (Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2004). Just think if we as teachers, parents, and family members read to our children more throughout the week, what an impact we would be making on a child’s life and on their literacy skills for reading and writing. I have four grandchildren and I read to them at least three times a week when they are at my house. My granddaughter is seven and she helps me read to her younger brothers and her cousin. Doing things like this will help increase a child’s knowledge about literacy and...
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students. Creating literacy rich environments for our students will assist them in the literacy process. Early language abilities make a positive impact on literacy development. Language and literacy both have many definitions. This paper will refer to the following interpretations. Language is a method used to communicate. This may be in written or verbal words that are routinely arranged. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). This paper will discuss language as it relate to the development of literacy. Language in Literacy During the first few years of life, language and literacy development begins. It is linked to our first encounter with books and stories. It is linked to the “baby talk” from our caregivers and the noises that a babies makes in return. Language is learned naturally from the child’s parents and teachers. Soon after birth the baby starts to make cooing sounds. If these sounds are properly...
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...Who doesn’t like user-friendly gadgets? I do. I want something that is easier to use and not hard to navigate around with. The concept of plain language is almost the same. Things get much harder for people who have very low health literacy when the language used are unfamiliar. These difficulties are pointed out on the CDC article which states that low health literacy can affect a person’s ability to locate health care providers and services, fill out health forms, and managing chronic diseases. This is why the use of plain language is so important since it makes it easier for most adults to communicate with providers and understand essential informations about their health. Plain language uses the words that are familiar to almost all of...
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...To identify skills in literacy and oral language the student will need to be able speak at a volume that all can hear and write at a level appropriate age level skill for that student. Students should develop or have developed appropriate volume level to speak at. To have the ability to pronounce words and have the ability to use the tongue and lips to produce speech sounds. Students should speak in a controlled tempo this means they should be able to talk at a pace that is easy to understand not to fast as people will have trouble understand or to slow where people get bored of listening. Students should have an appropriate vocabulary when understanding when listening, reading, speaking and how to communicate effectively. Writing help develop strengthen fine motor skill, and when students are writing they need to have developed skills that support the thinking process on coherence and...
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Ashanti Gordon Grand Canyon University: ECH 515 December 12, 2012 How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students. Creating literacy rich environments for our students will assist them in the literacy process. Early language abilities make a positive impact on literacy development. Language and literacy both have many definitions. This paper will refer to the following interpretations. Language is a method used to communicate. This may be in written or verbal words that are routinely arranged. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). This paper will discuss language as it relate to the development of literacy. Language in Literacy During the first few years of life, language and literacy development begins. It is linked to our first encounter with books and stories. It is linked to the “baby talk” from our caregivers and the noises that a babies makes in return. Language is learned...
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...Traditional stories and tales can often be overlooked in planning activities for children, inspired by a puppet show performance by several of the children in the nursery about animals including bears, I decided to base a theme on the famous tale of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and then allow the children to make their own book of the story with the pictures they have drawn using the ideas they have developed from implementing the theme. The story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ is an excellent choice to promote language, literacy and numeracy skills as there are lots of references to mathematical concepts, uses a wide range of language, and is at the right literacy level for children aged 3-5. All the activities I implemented were in line with the ‘Curriculum Framework for Children 3 to 5’ (2001). My mentor recommended some children that would particularly benefit from taking part in the activities; however I did invite all the children to take part in them. First of all I told the children the original story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ and then in a group we discussed the characters behaviour and feelings. I then put together a ‘prop box’ – this was a box that contained various objects relating to the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ so they could explore objects and ideas within their own time. It allowed the children to develop their own ideas about the story creatively so that when I asked them to draw me pictures about particular aspects of...
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Literacy Development Multnomah County had a survey done for kindergarten teachers. The results suggested that 19.4% of their students were not headed toward literacy success, due to a lack of necessary language and pre-reading skills. There is a 90% probability of a child that is a poor reader in first grade, still being a poor reader three years later, in fourth grade (http://www.co.marion.or.us). As Early Childhood Educators, we must help our students. Creating literacy rich environments for our students will assist them in the literacy process. Early language abilities make a positive impact on literacy development. Language and literacy both have many definitions. This paper will refer to the following interpretations. Language is a method used to communicate. This may be in written or verbal words that are routinely arranged. Literacy is simply the ability to read and write (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary). This paper will discuss language as it relate to the development of literacy. Language in Literacy During the first few years of life, language and literacy development begins. It is linked to our first encounter with books and stories. It is linked to the “baby talk” from our caregivers and the noises that a babies makes in return. Language is learned naturally from the child’s parents and teachers. Soon after birth the baby starts to make cooing sounds. If these sounds are properly supported...
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...Comparing Music and Literacy Approaches for Late Talker Language Acquisition Chelsea Clock Bell, MA, CFY-SLP Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI *Research Completed at University of Northern Iowa Purpose To investigate the effects of a music-based speech and language therapy approach on late talking toddlers and compare with a literacy-based speech and language therapy approach. Research Questions Do sung lyrics in speech and language intervention promote growth of expressive vocabulary in toddlers who are late talking? Does literacy-based speech and language intervention promote growth of expressive vocabulary in toddlers who are late talking? Does a speech and language therapy approach integrating sung lyrics promote a greater increase in growth of expressive vocabulary in toddlers who are late talking compared to a literacy-based speech and language therapy approach? Literature Review Identification of late talkers is difficult due to: large variability in the rate of development, the fact that many late talkers outgrow their delay (Rescorla et al., 1997; Thal et al., 1997), & lack of efficient standardized methods (Fenson et al., 1993; Rescorla, 1989; Robertson & Ellis Weismer, 1999; Tyler & Tolbert, 2002). Previous research attempts to pinpoint predictor variables (Rescorla et al., 1997; Robertson & Ellis Weismer, 1999; Williams & Elbert, 2003), however inconsistent results. Limited literature regarding music intervention for late talkers; however, it...
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...it comes to literacy skills. No science declares that boys are better than girls, or vice versa. However, there is research that states boys develop literacy skills later than girls. Late development of language development and literacy skills in boys is caused by both the genetic makeup of the boy and his environment he is raised in. Learning language and how to read does not come naturally for children, but speech does. Early on, infants learn how to cry, giggle, and coo to express their feelings and wants. Parents and caregivers communicate with the infant through facial expressions, talking to the infant in parentese, and having face-to-face conversations. Vukelich,...
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...How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Language Development 1 Claytonia L. Butler Grand Canyon University ECH- 515 October 9, 2013 How Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact Language Development 2 While searching for information on the topic, I found that language abilities and deficiencies does have a major impact in literacy development. Especially in children from birth to third grade when their language skills are developing. Language abilities and deficiencies should be observed when a child is between Birth to 3rd Grade. Children with poor listening and speaking skills are referred to as having language impairment. Children with language impairment that have reading disorders, are usually defined as having poor reading achievement. The two main components of language development that will be discussed in this essay are: Language Deficiencies and Language Abilities. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word deficiency means: to have a lack of something needed: the state of not having enough of something necessary. In children who exhibit complications involving phonetic understanding and reading deficiencies will most likely have literacy delay and progress in their overall learning. A deficiency in English language skills can cause problems with teachers and other people whom children encounter as they progress through school...
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...Language Abilities and Deficiencies Impact On Literacy Development February 12, 2014 Language abilities and deficiencies play a major role on a child’s literacy development, especially through their developmental stages from birth all the way through third grade. As adults of children and educators to children it is our job to provide creative rich literacy environments that will only assist the children as they learn to develop the concepts of language. Language, defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary is, the system of words or signs that people use to express thoughts and feelings to each other, simply the way we communicate. Literacy development is defined by Dictionary.com as, the ability to learn how to read and write. These two concepts work hand in hand with one another. Language is the foundation for literacy development. Without the understanding or knowledge of how to communicate it is hard for a child to advance into the form of reading and writing. This paper will further discuss the abilities and deficiencies language has on literacy development. From the beginning days when a child enters this world, language development is introduced to the child through the exposure of their environments. The use of language as a means of communication affects a child’s learning and social-cultural interactions. It is a key factor in language development including oral language and written language. Once a child has become engaged with a partner during communication...
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... | |Subject: |EML110 English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy | | |This subject introduces foundational concepts about language and literacy as sociocultural practices, and theories and models of language acquisition and early literacy | | |development. Students will explore contextual factors that impact language and literacy development such as cultural and linguistic diversity, and the influence of | | |globalisation and new technologies on literacy teaching and learning. Students will critically engage with English Curriculum documents to understand the intent and | | |organisation of English through the strands of language, literacy and literature. Students will develop core practices related to collecting, analysing and interpreting | | |data in order to understand children's early language and literacy experiences in a range of contexts. They will connect these experiences to pedagogical approaches that | | |support literacy learning in Years K-2. ...
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...Running head: Language and Literacy Development Language Abilities and Deficiencies on Literacy Development SheQuita Hogan Grand Canyon University: ECH 515 March 14, 2012 Language and literacy are skills that work together. Children development language skills and a young age and they develop at different ages and stages. They are constantly observing and practicing communication and oral language. What they learn, hear, and see has an effect on their literacy skills. Children build oral language knowledge and they practice as they learn to read and write. They develop understanding about reading through writing and they extent through they writing through reading. Language, reading, and writing skills develop at the same time and are intimately linked. Early literacy development is a continuous developmental process that begins in the first years of life. Early literacy skills develop in real life settings through positive interactions with literacy materials and other people Children who have difficult with early speech communication skills are at risk of having problems in the future. Therefore, the development of oral language has in effect on the development of emergent reader literacy skills. Oral language is a key aspect of the future literacy of children, as it goes a far way toward promoting many of the skills contained in reading writing, and language arts. Oral language is also a method through which children may learn incidental vocabulary. Being exposed...
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...Predictors of Reading Literacy in the Netherlands Drs. Andrea Netten, National Language Center, The Netherlands Prof. dr. Ludo Verhoeven, National Language Center, The Netherlands Dr. Mienke Droop, National Language Center, The Netherlands Abstract The purpose of this study was to construct a longitudinal model that predicts reading literacy at the end of primary school. The data of 822 students who participated on a combined PRIMA and PIRLS 2001 study and PRIMA 2003 study were analyzed. The following student variables were considered for the model predicting Reading Literacy in grade 6: Nonverbal Intelligence, Home Reading Resources, Decoding, Language Comprehension, Mathematics, Reading Motivation, Academic Self-confidence and Reading Literacy in grade 4. The fit of the model was found to be good. The model explained 62% of the variance in Reading Literacy in Grade 6. The three school-learned skills that were entered in the model; Language, Decoding and Mathematics have proven to be important predictors for reading literacy. With respect to the two variables measuring attitudes, Reading Motivation and Academic Self-Confidence, it can be concluded that they contributed, either direct or indirect, to the prediction of reading literacy in grade 6, although they explained only a small part of the variance. Introduction For a student to become a successful and productive adult in society, good reading skills are essential. To refer to the demands for literacy in today’s society the...
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...Language and Literacy As the geographic territory under Roman control grew, the use of Latin as a common language also spread. In areas under Roman control, Latin was the spoken and written language of the courts and commerce, as well as the language of the Christian church. As the Roman Empire expanded, Latin served as a common language that allowed for people of diverse linguistic backgrounds to be able to communicate. Latin, like other languages past and present, had more than one form and changed over time because it was both written and spoken, and the educational level or social status of the writer or speaker often determined the final form of the language. Latin was also influenced by local languages spoken or written within the larger territory under the influence of what later came to be known as the Roman Empire. During the Carolingian Renaissance, throughout the reign of Charlemagne and his successors, the development of Latin literacy was greatly promoted. Although reading and writing were skills that some people had, literacy was not widespread before that time. Literacy in Latin was generally limited to people of the upper classes and members of the clergy. Charlemagne invited Alcuin of York to become his personal tutor and the head of his court school. Charlemagne charged Alcuin with the development of a literacy curriculum for children that would provide for their instruction in reading and writing, as well as for further study in the liberal arts and theology...
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