Language & Literacy in the Primary Years Flashcards
What is immersion?
Bilingual students are immersed in a classroom where only the new second language is spoken
What is maintenance model of bilingual education?
Taught in primary language while learning native language simultaneously
What is the two-way model of bilingual education?
Both languages are used equally in the instruction of the child
What is the subtractive approach?
To replace the old language
What is the additive approach?
To use both languages
What are the 5 stages of production in bilingual education?
Preproduction Transition to production Early production Expansion on production Introduction to written forms
T/F In the primary years, literacy development is different than development of oral language
F!
In the primary years, literacy development is SIMILAR to
development of oral language
What are the 4 stages of writing development?
Prephonemic - random letters represent whole words
Phonemic - letters match some of the sounds
Transitional - spelling with correct sounds
Conventional writing - spelling with correct orthography
What are 3 ways to aid writing development?
Provide journals
Encourage independent writing
Have writing workshops
T/F Reading and writing development are highly inter-related
T
What are the 3 stages of picture-governed reading?
Story not formed stage
Story formed stage
Written language-like stage
What are the 3 stages of print governed reading?
Refusal to read stage
Holistic stage
Independent reading stage
What are 4 ways to aid reading development?
Read to children daily
Encourage independent reading
Demonstrate strategies for decoding words
Introduce new words
What is the check list for identifying specific learning disability? (3)
Good oral communication but reads and writes far below grade level
Confuses similar letters such as “b” and “d”
Confuses similar words such as “was” and “saw”
