Transcript Assessment In Early Childhood Education

CHAPTER 8:
Language Development in
Kindergartners
Modified by Dr. Laura McLaughlin Taddei
Language Development in Early Childhood Education
Fourth Edition
Beverly W. Otto
Development of Phonological
Knowledge
• Oral
language
•
Increased phoneme production
•
Verbal play
• With rhymes and sounds
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Development of Phonological
Knowledge, continued
• Written
language
•
Letter-sound connections
•
Print-focused reading attempts
•
Early spelling attempts
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Kid Writing
Examples of Kid Writing
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Development of Semantic
Knowledge
•
Vocabulary growth
•
Role of experiences
•
Defining words
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Assessing Early Literacy
Activity
Please complete the small group activity of
how to assess early literacy
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Development of Semantic
Knowledge, continued
• Figurative
language – begin to talk to
children about figurative language and
what it means
• Humor
– indication that semantic
knowledge is developing – why?
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Development of Syntactic
Knowledge
• Pronoun
Usage – may involve clearer use
of pronouns.
• Verb
phrase expansion – using more
adverbs and auxiliary verbs likes have,
will, do, etc.
• Passive
sentences – object – action –
agent – The cat was chased by the dog
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Development of Morphemic
Knowledge
• Verb
tenses -
• Comparatives
• Noun
and superlatives
suffix -er
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Development of Pragmatic
Knowledge
• Oral
language
•
Varied contexts
•
Increasing conversational skills
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Development of Pragmatic
Knowledge, continued
• Written
language
•
Telling and dictating stories
•
Awareness of genre
•
Awareness of written conventions
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Observing Kindergartners’
Language Competencies
• Key
areas to observe
•
Oral language competencies
•
Phonological awareness
•
Written language competencies
•
Metalinguistic knowledge
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