Literacy's Beginnings: Supporting Young Readers and Writers, 6th edition

Chapter 1:  Understanding Children’s Literacy Development

 

Key Concepts and Instructional Activities That You Will Read About in This Chapter

           

Language, Thinking, and Learning

 

Schemas and Learning

 

            Schemas

 

            Infants and Schemas

 

The Relation between Language and Learning

 

            Social Basis for Learning

 

            Zone of  Proximal Development

 

Four Systems of Spoken Language

 

            Pragmatics

 

            Semantics

 

            Syntax

 

            Phonology

 

Four Systems of Written Language

 

            Functions of Written Language

 

            Meanings in Written Language

 

                        Unusual Words and Phrases

 

                        Contextualization

 

Written Language Forms

 

            Words and Sentences

 

            Text Formats

 

Meaning-Form Links

 

Children’s Concepts about Written Language

 

            Ted’s Delight: A Case Study of Two Children’s Reading and Writing

 

Ted’s and Carrie’s Concepts about Written Language

 

Developmental Changes in Children’s Reading and Writing

 

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