ECED 305: The Young Child and Emergent Literacy for Diverse Learners

This course is designed to explore the reading process as a natural phenomenon as well as the concept of emergent literacy. It emphasizes a development view of acquiring the literacy communication areas. Attention is given to oral language and home and school literacy environments. Candidates will review various theories of approaches and programs in the language arts curriculum from a theoretical framework through instructional strategies such as questioning techniques, practice/reinforcement activities and use/interpretation of formal and information evaluation methods for effective teaching of reading, writing, listening and speaking appropriate for an early childhood classroom. Candidate are required to demonstrate proficiency of skills through assigned field assignments focused on effective planning for instruction and completion of small-group instructional field observation.