The Development of Language and Literacy Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, concepts, and statistics regarding the development of language and literacy in early childhood education.

Language

An aspect of human behavior that involves the use of sounds in meaningful patterns and functions as a cultural tool.

Bilingualism

The ability to communicate in another language with a degree of fluency.

Serve and Return Dialogue

A back-and-forth conversational interaction between an adult and a child that supports early literacy development.

Emergent Writing

An early stage of writing development characterized by scribbling.

Language Experience

A strategy in writing curriculum that involves writing down students' spoken words and reading them back.

Literary Extensions

Activities where books are adapted into storytelling, dramatizations, and games.

Articulation

How children actually say sounds and words.

Graphic Language

A concept described as 'talk written down'.

Four Major Language Art Skills

The essential language art skills comprising speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

2030 Home Language Projection

The statistic predicting that by 2030, 40% of students will have a home language other than English.

Five Stages of Reading Curriculum

The sequence of reading curriculum stages consisting of awareness and exploration, experimenting, early reading and writing, transitional, and conventional.

Dual-Language Fluency Timeline

The time frame needed to develop fluency in dual-language learning, which takes at least 4 years.