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Strategies for teaching reading and writing to young learners.
Teaching writing to young learners
Writing foundation:
Highlight the importance of being proficient in your first language.
Difficulties encountered when writing in a second language.
Incorporating both speaking and writing abilities.
Value of writing:
The bodily aspect of learning.
Revealing one's individuality.
Solidifying what's been learned.
Deliberate growth of language skills.
Innate worth and fulfillment.
Mechanics of writing:
Early phases involve tracing, copying, and linking dots.
Progression into activities focusing on individual words.
Moving onto tasks involving sentences and texts: both structured and creative writing.
Real-world writing tasks:
Older learners benefit from using word processors.
Computers serve as tools for communication and skill practice.
Language experience for writing:
Working together to create written pieces based on shared experiences.
Engaging in guided sessions where collaboration enhances the writing process.
Writing tasks for various levels
Structured exercises suited for beginners.
Complex tasks tailored to challenge older learners.
Teaching reading to young learners
Assessment stage:
Identify the stage of development.
Evaluate reading skills in the first language.
Assess similarity in writing systems between languages.
Measure English oral proficiency.
Screen for physical or visual impairments.
Impact of script similarity:
If the scripts are similar, like Spanish and Italian, knowledge can be transferred. However, with dissimilar scripts such as Chinese, a different approach is necessary.
Transferable concepts:
The relationship between print and its meaning.
Diverse objectives for reading and writing.
Understanding concepts related to print and book layout.
Identifying letters and words.
Application of semantic and syntactic understanding.
Implementation of reading strategies and building confidence.
Reading progression:
Learning the alphabet and basic letter-sound connections.
Recognizing high-frequency words.
Understanding sentences within context.
Comprehension at the paragraph level and maintaining coherence.
Teaching tools and activities:
Word games like Snap! to aid word recognition.
Phonics activities balancing usefulness and pattern recognition.
Using readers and storybooks with repetition and contextual relevance to enhance learning.
Language experience approach:
Recounting and transcribing a classroom activity.
Example: Narrate and write about a field trip to the zoo, detailing experiences and learnings in a text