MAE2240 Lecture Notes - Orthography, Phonics, Phonological Awareness

• School: Edith Cowan University
• Department: Education
• Course: MAE2240
• Professor: Paula Mildenhall

Document Summary

"being able to read is an important foundation, not only for school-based learning, but also for productive and fulfilling participation in society. " (national inquiry into the teaching of literacy: gives students the best possible start in literacy learning. Literate practices: social justice elements, teacher accountability and scrutiny. Three stands of the australian english curriculum: language: knowledge about english, literature: informed appreciation of literature, literacy: evolving repertoires of english usage. Beginnings & basics; the basics of literacy: grapheme-phoneme correspondence, phonological & phonemic awareness, alphabetic knowledge, spelling, conventions of punctuation, comprehension. "explicit teaching and consolidation of the "basics" should be important and routine aspects of the national english curriculum, embedded in authentic language, literary and literacy tasks throughout the school years. " Research suggests that the teaching of reading is most effective when there is a balanced focus on the development of children"s oral language, phonological awareness, phonic and orthographic knowledge, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.