Developing Children’s Oral Language to Support Literacy
Answer the following:
1. After reading Chapter 2, what do teachers need to know about Oral Language?
2. Explain expressive and receptive language.
3. How do children develop oral language?
4. List and explain the stages of Oral Language Development.
5. What is the relationship between oral language and reading? Give an example of a real-life situation as it pertains to this question.
6. List some ways that you have witnessed how poverty has affected oral language development in children.
7. How can students develop their vocabulary?
8. Explain, how oral language is the Great Predictor.
9. Describe ways that oral language can be assessed, list, and explain.
10. How do you promote oral language with conversations?
