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Written language acquisition Flashcards

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READING
Define a grapheme

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A written letter that represents sound

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READING
Define a phoneme

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A distinct sound in a language

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READING
What link must children be able to understand in order to read and write?

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Phoneme grapheme corrospondence

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READING
Before children learn to write what must they do?

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Learn to read

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READING
To read what do children have to do?

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Learn that sounds are represented by written letters. This is a cognitive process

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READING
What does strong evidence suggest?

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Children who are exposed to a rich reading environment in early become more successful in writing and school generally

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READING
What is the look and say approach?

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Children learn to say and recognise a whole word wout breaking it down

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READING
Describe the phonic approach

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Children break a word down into the individual graphemes and sound them out

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READING
Define synthetic phonetics

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Children learn to recognise and say phonemes separately, once learnt they join them together

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READING
Define analytical phonetics

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Children given a whole word and encouraged to break it down into sections

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READING
What is cultural capital?

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Defines areas such as intellect and educated, which aren’t financially valuable but are linked to socio cultural worth

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READING
What is crucial for academic success?

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Reading

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CHALL’S READING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Pre reading or pseudo reading

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Up to 6
Read to by caregivers, imitate the reading process, create stories based off images, may identify some letters of the alphabet

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CHALL’S READING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Initial reading and decoding

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6-7
Decode words in order to read and understand basic texts, identify familiar whole words, recognise letters

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CHALL’S READING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Confirmation and fluency

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7-8
Reading will become a faster process, decode words more easily, some fluency

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CHALL’S READING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Reading for learning

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9-13
Read in order to learn rather than learning to read, obtain facts, scanning

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CHALL’S READING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Multiple viewpoints

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14-18
Recognise how meaning can be conveyed in different ways, critical readers, bias

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CHALL’S READING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Construction and reconstruction

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18+
Read a range of sources, skim and scan, importance

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READING
Describe read write inc

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Flashcards you can use systematically to teach all common sounds

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READING
Positives of read write inc

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Modern, levels inclusive of all abilities

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READING
Negatives of read write inc

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Children may be allocated wrong levels

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READING
Describe jolly phonics

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Teaching literacy through synthetic phonetics. Actions for each of the 42 letter sounds. Letter sounds split into several groups

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READING
Positives of jolly phonics

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Multi sensory method so motivating for children

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READING
Negatives of jolly phonics

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Parents whose first language isn’t english may struggle to understand

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READING
Describe the oxford reading tree

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Distributes books such as biff, chip, and kipper. Divided into stages w ranging levels of difficulty

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READING
Pros of oxford reading tree

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Combines engaging stories with learning phonics at a suited pace

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READING
Cons of oxford reading tree

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Labels children, competitive

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WRITING
Define oracy

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An individuals development of speaking and listening skills

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WRITING
Define literacy

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An individuals development of reading and writing skills

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WRITING
Define tripod grip

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The way in which a pen or pencil should be held

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WRITING
Define gross motor skills

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Skills associated w larger movements

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WRITING
Define fine motor skills

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Skills associated w more prescise movements

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WRITING
Define directionality

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Process of writing from left to right

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WRITING
When does putting marks on a paper emerge?

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When a child realises writing is a skill, but not how to use it

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KROLL’S WRITING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Prepatory stage

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Up to 6
Fine motor skills developing, basic spelling priniciples

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KROLL’S WRITING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Consolidation stage

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7-8
Writing as they speak, short declarative sentences, conjunctions

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KROLL’S WRITING DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Differentiation stage

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9-10
Differentiate between speech and writing

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MODEL’S OF LEARNING TO WRITE
What does the rule based model argue?

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There is a correct way of writing that children should learn. Includes accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

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MODEL’S OF LEARNING TO WRITE
When children follow the rule based model what is argued?

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They will make progress more quickly, it’ll be easier for them to produce texts that are appropriate and understandable for the text

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MODEL’S OF LEARNING TO WRITE
Describe the creative model

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Children should be allowed to experiment w language wout strict correction. They will learn through trial and error. Less likely to make language mistakes.

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GENRE BASED LITERACY: THEORISTS
What are Britton’s three types of writing?

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  1. Expressive
  2. Poetic
  3. Transactional
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GENRE BASED LITERACY: THEORISTS
Define expressive

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Children learn first, 1st person, states POV. Ties in w Piagets theories that children are egocentric until age 7

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GENRE BASED LITERACY: THEORISTS
Define poetic

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Creative and encourages children to think about sound and craft their writing, Includes descriptive and narrative prose

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GENRE BASED LITERACY: THEORISTS
Define transactional

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Impersonal, seperate from own identity, essays or reports

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GENRE BASED LITERACY: THEORISTS
What approach did rothery take?

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Functional approach

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GENRE BASED LITERACY: THEORISTS
What were rotherys four points?

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Observation/ comment
Recount
Report
Narrative
VERY INFLUENTIAL IN EDUCATION

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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
What does the teacher become when children start primary school?

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The most influential person on childs early written language acquistion

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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
What else can impact on a child’s development?

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Age, gender, region, class, resources, health, ethnicity, income

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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
What are different examples of names for a female parent?

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  • Mummy: middle class
  • Mother: high social class
  • Mommy: american

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