EDEE 253 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Universal Grammar, Phonological Awareness
22 Jun 2018
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The language domain: enhancing communication and early literacy
-Children going on a bear hunt
-Using a chant Ms. Vineberg is expanding the children’s receptive and expressive vocabularies,
modelling the rhythm and expressiveness of a good story, and helping children understand the
connection between print and speech via the captioned pictures. She is also completely holding
their interest.
-This chapter is concerned with the development of children’s early language and literacy skills:
listening and viewing, speaking, writing, and reading
Language and literacy development in the early years:
-By 3 years of age, children will have developed a basic receptive vocabulary of thousands
of words in their primary language. They will display a fundamental knowledge of correct
grammatical structures and demonstrate that they can use language for the following functions:
Instrumental - to satisfy their needs and wants
Regulatory - to control others
Interactional - to create interactions with others
Personal - to express personal thoughts and opinions
Imaginative - to create imaginary worlds
Heuristic - to seek information
Informative - to communicate information
-Children have a great deal to learn in the early years as they continue to expand their listening
skills, develop phonological, phonemic and alphabetic awareness, understand more formal
convections of language, and build their speaking abilities.
—> they will later transport these foundational language abilities into the realm of literacy as
they become readers and writers
Key language and literacy content in the early childhood classroom:
-Although emergent literacy begins in infancy and continues until children are conventionally
literate and can read and write independently, oral language in pre-school and kindergarten is a
critical precursor
-Early childhood educators must be aware of and target their instruction toward developing key
language concepts and skills
Oral language development: the big ideas
-James and Billy become great friends because of their mutual interest in airplanes
—> both have experience flying internationally and have had the opportunity to is it a cockpit in
a real airplane, fuelling their abilities and motivation to communicate with the another in their
imaginary play
—> most importantly they have a shared language: English
—> a classmate who does not speak English watches them closely but does not attempt to join
them
-Language is essential to society, forming the foundations for our perceptions,
communications, and daily interactions with others
-To function successfully in society and its culture, children need to develop a wide range of
oral language competencies. Between the age of 3 and 6, oral language tasks will include:
—> building a strong receptive vocabulary
—> developing the confidence and motivation to use language expressively with others
—> developing phonological awareness
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