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Conversations in early childhood programs
It's not necessarily how much adults talk to children that makes the difference, it's how well they talk. Good conversation involves the use of language that moves beyond the immediate and literal, the here-and-now, to express past and future events, ideas, images, and explanations. United States
Questions to improve thinking and learning
Teachers who use effective questioning techniques in their classrooms can increase students' level of thinking and help them to become literate. Core questions include observation and recall, comparison, grouping, labeling, classifying, sequencing, predicting, and inferring. United States
Oral language - building children's vocabularies
As children are developing their reading and writing competence, we need to take advantage of their listening and speaking competencies to enhance their vocabulary development. This article provides examples of how by reading out loud to young children this can be achieved. United States.
The development of oral language
Children learn much from each other but parents, caregivers, teachers, are children's greatest resources in language development. They are the main conversationalists, questioners, listeners, responders, and sustainers of language development and growth. United States
Encouraging speech and language development.
Tips and ideas for parents and caregivers in encouraging speech and language development among children from birth to six years old. United States
Using structured play to support oral language
Teachers and carers can extend the value of structured play to support oral language development by extending conversations and using questions to encourage children to talk about their play and extend vocabularies. Canada
Social communication - assessing children's oral language
By observing which children use language regularly to meet their needs and which ones do not teachers and carers can develop a picture of the main purposes for which individual children use language. This assessment can then be used to extend children's language. Canada
Sound walk - a listening activity
Listening activities establish key concepts needs for phoneme awareness. Listening activities use concrete experiences to develop young children's listening skills. Canada
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