Chapter 1: Understanding Children’s Literacy Development
Key Concepts and Instructional Activities That You Will Read About in This Chapter
Language, Thinking, and Learning
Schemas and Learning
Schemas
Infants and Schemas
The Relation between Language and Learning
Social Basis for Learning
Zone of Proximal Development
Four Systems of Spoken Language
Pragmatics
Semantics
Syntax
Phonology
Four Systems of Written Language
Functions of Written Language
Meanings in Written Language
Unusual Words and Phrases
Contextualization
Written Language Forms
Words and Sentences
Text Formats
Meaning-Form Links
Children’s Concepts about Written Language
Ted’s Delight: A Case Study of Two Children’s Reading and Writing
Ted’s and Carrie’s Concepts about Written Language
Developmental Changes in Children’s Reading and Writing
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