Description: We are born to speak, taught to read. Spoken language provides the foundation for the development of reading, writing, and communicating. Oral language is not another component but requires an ever-present ongoing consciousness for learning and thinking. Oral language is central to every aspect of academic success and directly related to the essential ingredients for literacy. Our lexicon grows through many encounters with the word in varying linguistic contexts over time. As Kate Nation shares, “Language is literacy is language.”
After this session, participants will be able to: - Recognize the strong connections between oral language and literacy.
- Understand how linguistic skills influence literacy acquisition
- Create robust, meaningful and dynamic opportunities to be built upon language and communication.
Questions to Ponder for Credit:- How would you explain the meaning of these two statements “Language is the vehicle that drives the curriculum” and “Language is literacy is language?”
- What are the linguistic features behind a spoken word?
- How will you incorporate at least three strategies when building talk in your classroom?
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