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ECED& 180 - Language and Literacy Development

3 Credits
Develop teaching strategies for language acquisition and literacy skill development at each developmental stage (birth-age eight) through the four interrelated areas of speaking, listening, writing and reading.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Evening, Online, Weekend
Designed to Serve Professional-technical students in early childhood and current practitioners. Transfer students as emphasis area credit.
Active Date 20210403T10:08:02

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 36
Contact Hours: Lecture 33
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
PLA Eligible Yes

Course Outline
  • Introduction to current research and best practices in language and literacy acquisition
  • Developmental sequence of language and literacy development birth to age eight
  • Environments that are print-rich and promote language and literacy success
  • Developing oral language and vocabulary
  • Reading aloud and integrating language and literacy across the curriculum
  • Building phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, comprehension and recall
  • The reading/writing connection
  • Assessment


Student Learning Outcomes
Explain the continuum of language acquisition and early literacy skills.
Washington State Core Competencies (WSCC) II.Curriculum and Learning Environment- Language Development 1.a, 1.b, 1.c, 1.d, 2.a, 3.a, 3.b

Develop evidence-based, appropriate environments and opportunities that support children’s emergent language and literacy skills.
WSCC II. Curriculum and Learning Environment- Cognitive Development 2.a, 2.d -Language Development 2.d, 3.c, 3.d, 3.k

Describe strategies for responding to children who are culturally, linguistically, and ability diverse. 
WSCC II. Curriculum and Learning Environment- Cognitive Development 2.f, 2.j -Language Development 3.f, 3.g, 3.j

Develop ways to facilitate family and child interactions as primary contexts for heritage language and English
development.
WSCC II. Curriculum and Learning Environment-Language Development 3.e, 3.h, 3.i, 3.l, 3.m, 3.o

Analyze images of culture and individual abilities reflected in children’s literature and other learning
materials. 
WSCC III. On-going Measurement of Child Progress 3.d, 3.h

Utilize developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive assessment practices for documenting the growth of language and literacy skills.
WSCC III. On-going Measurement of Child Progress 3.a, 3.k



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