Language Development and

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LANGUAGEDEVELOPMENT

AND

EMERGINGLITERACY


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Language

- the system of vocal

and written symbols usedby human beings to

communicate theirthoughts and feelings.


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Language Development

- is the process by

which children come tounderstand and

communicate languageduring early childhood.


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Language is not learned

simply by imitating adultspeech.

Beck, 1979


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Language of children is

different from adultlanguage.

De Villiers and Jill, 1981


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Vocabulary list of words

defined or explained.

2 4 years old

children -acquired two tofour words per day.


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3 years old 900 to 1000

words.

4 years old 1500 to1600 words.

5 years old 2100 to2200 words.


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6 years old children

-acquired five to ten

words a day.

6 years old 10 000 to14 000 words.


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Preschool years are an exciting

time for parent and child, with

developmental milestones

varying widely from one child tothe next. Around their preschool

years, children can express theirgrowing sense of self and with

their expanding vocabularies.


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Age 3 Development

According to the Child

Development Institute, 3 years oldare just starting to be adventurous,

responding well to verbal guidance

and showing a world of growth in

communication.


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Using their words

- In terms of language, this

translates to a vocabulary of close

to 1000 words, being able toidentify the chief parts of the

body, using three word sentencescorrectly and being generally

intelligible.


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Age 4 Development

At the age of four,

preschoolers are much moresure of themselves and can play

cooperatively, asking questionafter question and speaking in

complete sentences.


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Language-wise, 4 years

old can talk through their

make believe, useprepositions and enjoy

the use of repetition


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Emergent

Literacy


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Literacy refers tothe childs ability to

learn language -read,

speak and write.


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Children learn to be

literate best when they

are actively engaged inthe learning

experiences.


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Example :

1. Listening activities

2.Reading and re-reading

favorite books

3.Telling and re-telling stories

4. Writing and drawing stories onpaper.

5. Counting, sorting and exploring.


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Activities for Preschool

children that can help in

their language development.

1.Talk to child and name

objects, people, events in the

everyday environment.


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2. Talk to child during daily

routine activities.

3. Draw your childs attention to

print in everyday settings.4. Introduce new vocabulary

words during holiday and specialoccasions.


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Prepared by :

Genesie G. Galng

BEED III- Preschool

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