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Emergent Literacy - Birth to Three Years

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EMERGENT LITERACY - BIRTH TO THREE YEARS 2

Soowon is past the nonverbal period of language learning. In the first six months in the

new school, her teacher has probably been excellent serving as the sympathetic and perceptive

listener; which is a key role at this developmental stage (McGee & Richgels, 2012). This is

evident in Soowon’s speedy transition from this stage of learning (nonverbal period) into the

later stages. At the present stage, she can identify her favorite book and demonstrate appropriate

gestures, like hugging the book. Clearly, while her teacher has been repeatedly reading The

Seven Chinese Sisters, Soowon has been watching and listening intently, and now she quietly

rehearse moves and phrases related to her favorite book.

Soowon’s current language consists more of telegraphic and formulaic speeches. While

turning through the pages of her favorite book she utters phrases like “go, go” and “help, help.”

All these are telegraphic speeches since they fail to communicate deep enough meaning which

otherwise could have been communicated if the speaker was of higher language literacy (McGee

& Richgels, 2012). Again phrases like “home go” and “you safe,” which Soowon uses while

perusing her favorite, are examples of formulaic speeches. These phrases combine independent

meaningful words to communicate a single meaning. The next stage for Soowon is language

fluency, where is to perfect her speech.

Even though Soowon seems to have transitioned quite fast, her writing literacy is quite

very low; she was unable to write the title of her favorite book despite being able to pronounce it

accurately. Like most three year olds, Soowon’s cognition is within the normal level; she was

able to reproduce characters in her favorite book through a drawn art. What draws attention is

how she was able to draw exactly seven characters, which is the same number represented in her

favorite book The Seven Chinese Sisters.

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Running head: EMERGENT LITERACY - BIRTH TO THREE YEARS Emergent Literacy - Birth to Three Years Name Institution Course Date 1 EMERGENT LITERACY - BIRTH TO THREE YEARS 2 Soowon is past the nonverbal period of language learning. In the first six months in the new school, her teacher has probably been excellent serving as the sympathetic and perceptive listener; which is a key role at this developmental stage (McGee & Richgels, 2012). This is evident in Soowon’s speedy transition from this stage of learning (nonverbal period) into the later stages. At the present stage, she can identify her favorite book and demonstrate appropriate gestures, like hugging the book. Clearly, while her teacher has been repeatedly reading The Seven Chinese Sisters, Soowon has been watching and listening intently, and now she quietly rehearse moves and phrases related to her favorite book. Soowon’s current language consists more of telegraphic and formulaic speeches. While turning through the pages of her favorite book she utters phrases like “go, go” and “help, help.” All these are telegraphic speeches since they fail to communicate deep enough meaning which otherwise could have bee ...
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