Children's Language Development: Learning to Write (AQA A-Level English Language): Flashcards
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Phonemic awareness
Phonemic awareness
Ability to hear, identify & manipulate individual sounds in words
Alphabetic principle
Alphabetic principle
Systematic relationships between written letters & their sounds
Emergent literacy
Emergent literacy
Literacy stage before formal reading instruction at school
Print awareness
Print awareness
Understanding the function & value of written language
Mark-making
Mark-making
Early writing stage developing motor skills for handwriting
Invented spelling
Invented spelling
Using sound knowledge to spell words, e.g., 'kat' for 'cat'
Pattern: recognition before production
Pattern: recognition before production
Children recognise letters/words before producing written text
Graphemes vs phonemes
Graphemes vs phonemes
Graphemes = written letters; phonemes = spoken sounds
English reading direction
English reading direction
Left to right, top to bottom
Literacy as socio-cultural learning
Literacy as socio-cultural learning
Shaped by specific cultural & educational contexts