teaching English language and literacy in early childhood and primary years requires an understanding of how to utilise and synthesise theories, con

teaching English language and literacy in early childhood and primary years requires an understanding of how to utilise and synthesise theories, content knowledge, effective pedagogical practices, language and literacy enriched learning environments, and relevant Australian curriculum and learning frameworks. Developing learning experiences or lessons that are appropriate to student interests, strengths and needs are important as it will help to provide opportunities for all students in early years education (from birth to 8 years of age) to read, write, listen, and speak in a variety of contexts.

For the purpose of this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of the process of teaching phonological awareness in relation to supporting children through the phases of their early reading development and early writing development. This will include an evaluation of teaching phonological awareness, a learning experience and a teaching resource.

Your work should be supported byat least10 references. Your work should demonstrate relevant links made to either the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) or the Australian Curriculum (or state equivalents), the set-text Fellowes and Oakley (2020), and other relevant scholarly and professional sources. You can also refer to the learning materials throughout this unit for additional sources and conduct a search using the Swinburne Library database for relevant sources to support your work. Below is learning outcome

evaluate reading and writing processes and their relationship to curriculum and policy

develop and evaluate a range of learning experiences and resources to engage children in learning appropriate to their strengths, interests and needs

assignment question

this assignment will be in the form of an essay. The topic of this essay is centred on the teaching of phonological awareness in support of childrens emergent and early reading and writing development. or this essay, you are required to choose a specific group (for example, 3 to 4 year olds or 6 to 7 year olds) to focus on. In addition, references to a relevant sub-outcome under Outcome 5 from the Early Years Learning Framework or a relevant content description from the Australian curriculum: English (or a state equivalent) must also be included in your essay to contextualize your descriptions of the learning experience and

the tour essay must address the following components:

Using research literature and relevant sources, critically discuss the importance of teaching phonological awareness in relation to childrens emergent and early reading and writing development.

Describe and evaluate a learning experience that supports the development of phonological awareness in early years literacy education.

Describe and evaluate a teaching resource that supports the development of phonological awareness in early years literacy education.

1. Introduction(approximately 100 words): 1800 words 3rd person narration

Introduce the topic.

Include a thesis statement.

Outline how you intend to address the topic in your essa2. Body of the essay(approximately 1600 words)using theory research literature and relevant sources critically discuss importance of teaching, and phonological awareness to childrens emergent, early reading and writing development.describe and evulate learning experience that supports development of phonological awarness in eray years literatcy education. Describe and eveualate a teaching resource that supports the development of phonological awarness in early years. Better go for 3-4 years old using suboutcome 5 ealy years elyf. Give examoles as much possible.,

This section will consist of a series of paragraphs through which you will address the components of the essay.

Each paragraph in this section should begin with a topic sentence that introduces the main idea or theme of that paragraph. Typically, the topic sentence and the discussions would be supported with a reference to the scholarly or professional source(s).

It would be ideal to try and keep to one main idea or theme per paragraph. In addition, avoid writing paragraphs that only consist of one or two sentences.

Ensure that there is a cohesive flow of ideas throughout the series of paragraphs

conclusion( approximately 100 words)

Highlight the key points that you have covered in your essay.

Relate your key points back to your thesis statement.

State your concluding remarks.

Note:Your essay needs to be written in third person and you must justify your explanations and evaluations by making links to the EYLF, the Australian Curriculum, your relevant state/territory curriculum, scholarly sources and other relevant sourcesat least 10 references. All references cited in your essay must be included in your reference list using the APA 7th edition style. This reference listwill notbe included in the word count.

Reference ExploreHYPERLINK "https://chomsky.info/" t "_blank"Chomsky.infoLinks to an external site.(n.d.) to learn more about the behaviourist theorist that contributed to the language development revolution from the 1920s onwards.

Connecting with practice NQS PLP - DiscoveringSustained, shared conversation (2012) <https://bit.ly/3fVcG8w

ad pages 152158 ofChapter 6 Speaking and listening in the early years(Whitebread & Coltman, 2008).

ReadTeaching practices for speaking and listening(DET,2019) for more information on teaching practices that can be used to support the development of childrens speaking and listening skills in educational settings.

A holistic approach to reading(Links to an external site.)(Swaffar & Arens, 2010).

Language experience approachLinks to an external site.(Victorian State Government Department of Education, 2023).

Voices of change: The continuing development of literacy programs for young childrenLinks to an external site.(Bruneau & Vacca, 1996).

hole child' (2018) http://bit.ly/2KOJzqDgroup discussions

phonological Awarenessis one of the biggest predictors of reading success. In fact, it impacts enormously on writing development also so it is vital that you have a very good understanding of what it is and how to teach it.

What is Phonological Awareness?

Phonological Awarenessis an auditory skill, being able to hear sounds in words, segment them and blend them together.

Please watch this short video to find out more:https://education.nsw.gov.au/teaching-and-learning/curriculum/literacy-and-numeracy/teaching-and-learning-resources/literacy/effective-reading-in-the-early-years-of-school/phonological-awarenessis link also shares some great research on the First 1000 Days(conception to 2 years)-https://www.rch.org.au/ccch/first-thousand-days/Links to an external site.

Australian Government Department of Education.(2022).Belonging, being & becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia V2.0.https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdHere is another great video made by an eLA:

is important to remember that Assignment 2 is asking you to focus onphonological awareness, and not to get confused by the other terms.

Phonological Awarenessis anauditory skill, being able to hear sounds in words, segment them and blend them together,etc. It is tempting to jump straight to phonics and the letter, sound relationships. So take a step back to those skills outlined in the image above - what learning experiences can help to develop those? Is the focus on what we hear?

Your unit e-text does a great job of explaining what phonological awareness is (Fellowes & Oakley, 2020, pp. 225-242) and covers:

-Word-levelphonological awareness (identify words, rhymes)-Syllable-levelphonological awareness (detect, count and segment)-Onset-rime levelphonological awareness (detect and manipulate)-Phoneme-levelphonological awareness (isolating sounds, orally segmenting/blending/manipulating sounds

B

STORY STONES

Throughout the whole class reading, you can see the conversations that the teacher would be having with the children; helping them to comprehend, to find the rhyming words and to relate the ideas of the book to their own world. This book creates many learning opportunities which can be used to help target areas of the EYLF as listed below.

Story stones are another idea that can be used to develop pre reading skills. These could be used alongside a picture story book or on their own and are really beneficial in develop oral language skills, encouraging discussions and story telling.

I look forward to seeing your ideas this week! This is great practice for A2 & A3

This could link to:

Outcome 5

5.1 Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a

range of purposes.

5.3 Children express ideas and

make meaning using a range of media.