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Sep 07, 2024
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2023-2024 WWCC College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ECED& 180 - Language and Literacy Development Credits: 3 LEC hours per week: 3 Teaching strategies for language acquisition and literacy skill development examined at each developmental stage (birth-age 8) through the four interrelated areas of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Course Outcomes:
- Explain the continuum of language acquisition and early literacy skills.
- Develop evidence-based, appropriate environments and opportunities that support children’s emergent language and literacy skills.
- Describe strategies for responding to children who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse.
- Develop ways to facilitate family and child interactions as primary contexts for heritage language and English development.
- Analyze images of culture and individual abilities reflected in children’s literature and other learning materials.
- Utilize developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive assessment practices for documenting the growth of language and literacy skills.
Course Topics:
- Oral language development
- Early literacy
- Realities of cultural and linguistic diversity
- Essential role of intentional teaching and creating learning environments
- Interrelatedness of speaking, listening, reading and writing
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