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ECE 239 - Language and Literacy:CD



4.0 Credits
Learn how young children develop language and literacy skills. Exploration of children’s literature is the foundation of activities and curriculum that integrates language with beginning reading and writing concepts in a culturally diverse society. S/U grade option.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Document foundational knowledge of how the role as a child development specialist will influence and be applied as a teacher of young children through specific teaching approaches, strategies and tools for early education in language and literacy. [REASON]
  2. Demonstrate use of children’s literature and planning literature-based curriculum as a foundation for language and literacy learning throughout the classroom. [REASON]
  3. Document strategies that connect school and home experiences in language and literacy development. [ACT]
  4. Document knowledge of teacher roles and strategies that support language learning of young children in a language rich environment through: observation, scaffolding, active listening, child-centered conversational skills, and adult modeling. [REASON]
  5. Demonstrate teacher roles and strategies that support language and emerging reading and writing skills through: use of functional print, meaning-making of print, pictures and stories, representation in beginning writing and drawing, phonological awareness, use of books, songs, fingerplays, storytelling and drama. [COMMUNICATE]
  6. Document components of a literacy-rich environment that support emerging language and literacy in a representative classroom of diverse cultures and languages. [EXPLORE]
  7. Document strategies that encourage language and literacy development in diverse language learners through individualization of activities, interaction and selection of materials based on the child’s and family’s experiences. [EXPLORE]



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