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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 12-11-90 |
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ECH275
1991 Fall – 2010 Summer II |
LEC
1.0 Credit(s) 1.0 Period(s) 1.0 Load Occ |
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Literacy
Development and the Young Child |
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Literacy
from birth through the early childhood years. Focus on developmentally
appropriate ways to encourage speaking, listening, writing, and reading in
the home and classroom. Prerequisites: None. |
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MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
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ECH275 1991
Fall – 2010 Summer II |
Literacy Development and the Young Child |
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Identify a wide variety of oral language experiences the
young child brings from personal environments. (I) |
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Identify a wide variety of written language experiences
the young child brings from personal environments. (II) |
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Use literary language with the young child, including
books, stories, and verse. (III) |
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Identify major approaches used in the field of literacy
development to and describe the controversies which surround these
approaches. (IV) |
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Describe how professionals in early childhood development
can communicate more effectively with the public and parents about a young
child's literacy development. (V) |
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ECH275 1991
Fall – 2010 Summer II |
Literacy Development and the Young Child |
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I. Oral Language -
Listening and Speaking A. Beginnings of Language
in Infancy 1. "Synchrony"
and "motherese" 2. Vocalizations and
communication 3. Earliest talk B. Family Language
Environments 1. Social class and
language patterns 2. Family size and language
spoken in the home 3. Electronic media in the
home 4. Use of profanity C. Language in the Early
Childhood Classroom 1. Informal opportunities
to communicate with peers and adults a. Listening to the child b. Arranging for
communication to occur 2. Formal opportunities to
communicate with peers and adults a. Respecting individual
differences in language b. Planning for group
language experiences II. Written Language -
Reading and Writing A. Print in the Child's
Personal Home and Community Environments 1. Names 2. Lists 3. Mail 4. Books B. Print in the Early
Childhood Classroom 1. Informal opportunities
to use print a. Office center b. Sinage
c. Make-believe 2. Formal opportunities to
use print a. Skill practice in
workbooks b. Dictations c. Journals III. Literary Language -
Books and Verse A. "Music" of the
Mother Tongue - Sounds of Language 1. Verse, rhyme 2. Humor, nonsense, and
sound play 3. Sound patterns in books a. Repetition b. Predictable books B. The Power of Narrative -
Story 1. Meanings and messages in
story 2. Parts of a story 3. Tradition of
storytelling C. Books 1. How to handle them 2. Authorship and
illustration a. Personal b. Published IV. Literacy Approaches and
Controversies A. Phonics vs. Look-Say B. Readiness Skills and
Basal Texts C. Writing Alongside
Reading D. Teaching Babies to Read E. Whole Language
Approaches V. Communication
Effectively about Literacy A. Communicating with
Parents B. Communicating with the
Public C. Expectations and
Anxieties Parents Bring D. Working with the Family
towards Children's Literacy |
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