Phonological awareness

Until the age of five, I was only exposed to the Spanish language, but when I started school, I quickly learned how to read, write, and speak English. When my mother gave birth to my younger brother, doctors advised us, as a bilingual household, to teach him one language at a time to avoid confusion. It would be interesting to examine this advice with a deeper understanding of language and its manifestation in our brains. Introduction: Language in the Brain The understanding of language has…

Assessment of English Language Learners The assessment of English Language Learner (ELLs) consists of a variety of practices. Different terms are used when in the evaluation of ELLs in educational settings. Additional terms utilized when conducting assessments of ELLs include bilingual assessment or nondiscriminatory assessment. Although the term bilingual assessment may suggest that the student has mastered both languages and is, in fact, bilingual, in practice the term generally refers to a…

Henoildo is a very bright, intelligent young man. He has always demonstrated advanced progression in the different academic areas. He loves science and working on various experiments. I have signed him up for various science camps to encourage him to continue with his learning. Another area Henoildo loves is music. His musical intelligence is quite impressive and he is advanced in reading and playing music. He plays in the school orchestra band and jazz band. Over the past few years he…

cannot read or write, she does have a literacy/book awareness. She brought a book out to me and asked me to read it to her. I intentionally put the book upside-down, and she was quick to correct me. When I gave her the book to read on her own, she followed her finger on the words and “read” the book (she memorized it). When asked how she knew how to read, she said “Because the words mean what I’m saying.” This was a great example of print awareness. Although she cannot read, she understands that…

Summary of Case History: Sallie Speechie is an 8 year 8 month old female. She was referred to ENMU SHROC by a family friend. Her mother, Suzie Speechie completed a case history form. Sallie’s parents and teachers are concerned that she is falling behind academically and socially, so an appointment was requested. Her mother reported that there were no remarkable concerns during her pregnancy with Sallie. Sallie’s developmental milestones are all within normal limits. Sallie’s mother reported…

Activity/Experience context: A. Discover the verbs and rhyming words in the text: For student to gain understanding the meaning of the verbs and extend their knowledge about rhymes. Reinforce students learning by rhyme games and worksheet exercise. 1. Pointing to the words and read the story with class. Ask student to act the verbs out when the read through them. 2. On the board, compare the pairs of words that are used to describe Mr McGee 's movements, discuss the similarity and difference…

The activity is pedagogically appropriate for the developmental stage and children. The picture book "Mr McGee and biting flea" from Pamela Allen is suggested text by Board of Studies NSW (2012) for Stage One class, which matches with the stage of the class. The lesson plans reflect on the select outcome, content and objective from the NSW K-10 English curriculum documents. Multiple methods of learning are involved in the lesson, such as showing diagram (visual), acting game (kinaesthetic), and…

that early preparation for literacy skills and language development leads to success with formal readiness instruction. A rich literacy curriculum can highlight several skills such as auditory discrimination, letter recognition, phonological and phonemic awareness. Using a response to intervention (RTI) approach in preschool programs can be beneficial towards achieving language and early literacy goals. Effective instruction must include fundamental criteria to ensure a strong…

Students who are recommended to the third tier would usually obtain austere deficits in areas such as phonological processing, processing speed, and verbal working memory, and commonly have challenging behaviours and/or attention deficits (Al Otaiba & Fuchs, 2002; Fletcher et al., 2011; Nelson, Benner & Gonzalez, 2003). Students are provided with an individualised…

Infants, who are between 0-3 months, learn to turn to their parents once they speak. Besides smiling, when they hear their voice. The sounds which are uttered as random prolong the vowels such as “a, u, o”. Most of the newborns attitudes are unintentional who begin to automatically make cooing sounds like “aaa, ooo, aaah”. Child knows that the sound come up as sound. They are happy to utter the sound and play tonguetied, thus the production of sound begins spontaneously. They learn to make…