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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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