- Code
- PRD 215
- Name
- Language and Literacy Development I (Preschool Education)
- Semester
- 3
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 5.00
- Description
-
The goals of this course are to show students how to teach children the basic elements of language: sound, meaning and grammar. Also they will learn how children use language, develop educational and linguistic ability to take information and use it effectively and develop positive attitude to language and literature. (I) to present what is language and how children acquire language. (Ii) gives the basic theories of language acquisition. (Iii) to tell what is writing and reading. (Iv) Discuss how reading and writing is treated from the school curriculum.
- Objectives
-
This course presents a critical review of the key areas of speaking, listening, reading and writing experiences of young children. Current studies, educational practice, and teaching materials will be analyzed in relation to various theoretical views of language. Special attention will be placed on the combination of skills related to language.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Defining literacy for pre-school children. Emergent literacy stage
- 2
- Theories of language acquisition
- 3
- Theoretical perspective of literacy development.
- 4
- Teaching integrated principles. Integrated approach to learning.
- 5
- Putting integrated teaching principles into practice. Learning areas.
- 6
- The essential of early literacy teaching strategies.
- 7
- Literacy across the curriculum.
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- Components of reading
- 10
- Ideas for motivating preschoolers
- 11
- Reading fluency
- 12
- Comprehension
- 13
- Gradual release of responsibility towards becoming independent readers
- 14
- Vocabulary
- 15
- Phonological awareness. Phonics
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- Compare and contrast various perspectives to literacy development (reading and writing) in young children.
- 2
- Understand the development of young children’s literacy. Describe the stages of development in children’s literacy and define the essential indicators at each stage
- 3
- Distinguish and implements the features of good literacy pedagogy for children at classroom level as well as through partnerships with parents and the wider community
- 4
- Ensure that children’s literacy development supports their oral language development
- 5
- Highlight the strategies as being particularly effective in supporting children’s literacy development in different language learning contexts
- 6
- Assess and plan efficiently for progression in children’s literacy development at teacher/classroom level and school level.
- 7
- Use a variety of assessment strategies to monitor young children's progress in achieving outcomes and plan learning activities accordingly
- 8
- Understand how various types of materials and resources, including current technology, can be used in early childhood classrooms to support, literacy development.
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 35% 35%
- Quizzes
- 0 0% 0%
- Projects
- 1 10% 10%
- Term projects
- 1 10% 10%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 65%
- Final exam percent
- 35%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 3 42
- Duties
- 2 7 14
- Midterms
- 1 10 10
- Final exam
- 1 20 20
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 134
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 5.36
- ECTS
- 5.00