reading language acquisition Flashcards
what do children learn to do before writing ?
read
psuedo-reading does what for children
teaches them about conventions of books and reading and encourages them to enjoy books
early reading enables young children to establish …
phoneme-grapheme correspondence
one approach to teaching children to read:
phonic approach - focusing on sounds of letters e.g diagraphs , magic E rule.
this teaches children phonemes independently.
children can blend these together for words.
analytic phonics- breaks down words into key sections
other approach to teaching children to read:
whole word approach
teaches children to recognise individual words as wholes
e.g. picture of an apple and its spelling.
what 5 skills do children need to understand for reading
grapheme phoneme correspondence
written texts are cohesive
written texts are organised according to conventions e.g left to right
books are structured differently (fiction and non-fiction).
books reflect the culture that produces them
how do new readers receive help in reading?
chronological order
spoken Language features: alliteration assonance syndetics idioms
story grammar (stein and glenn)
_____ and _____ outline the structure of childrens story books
stein and glenn
what are the 6 features of story grammar according to stein and glenn?
setting
initiating event
internal response
attempt
consequence
reaction
how do new readers receive help in reading? (2nd)
phrasal verbs e.g ‘to get worse’ over ‘to exacerbate’
concrete nouns and less pronouns
pictures that correspond with the written vocabulary
subject and verbs are not separated.
avoid pasive voice
avoid ellipsis
place line breaks at end of sentences
the 6 reading cues:
graphophonic (shapes of letters and sounds)
semantic (meaning of words)
visual (using pictures to interpret unfamiliar words)
syntactic (use knowledge of word order/class to see if a word is right in context)
contextual( searching for understanding in stories situation)
miscue(makings errors when reading e.g random omission or substitution)
5 difficulties in reading:
lack of MKO
written language lacks prosodic features (intonation or stress)
difficult grammatical structure
writing may be hard because of motor skills
when the child can not respond to context given unfamiliar vocabulary
3 typical errors in reading that children make in reading
Prediction - apply to multi-modal question (child misreading something)
segmentation difficulties - when children persist in reading ignoring punctuation
ellipsis - children misinterpret sentences when articles are missing
how does reading help childrens writing?
it helps them learn different conventions of writing
