Emergent Literacy

Emergent Literacy is defined as "those behaviors shown by very young children as they begin to respond to and approximate reading and writing acts."

• TRUE

• FALSE

Nowadays teachers are told to wait for children to move to elementary and then start the reading processes. There shouldn't not be any work on this skill in Pre-Kindergarten nor in Kindergarten.

• TRUE

• FALSE

From the multiple theories which describe the work teachers should make with the students while starting developing reading, which of these theories talk about punishment - reward?

• Behavorist

• Transcational

• Constructivism

• Sociolinguistics

From the multiple theories which describe the work teachers should make with the students while starting developing reading, which of these theories talk about the importance of previous knowledge to set the objectives of a reading exercise?

• Psycholinguistic

• Sociolinguistics

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Transactional Theory

From the multiple theories which describe the work teachers should develop with the students while starting developing reading, which of these theories talk about what the student is able to do according to the cognitive stage and where I potentially want take him/her to?

• Behaviorism

• Sociolinguistics

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Constructivism

If we talked about the five principals for working emergent literacy we could say that it focuses on ...

• Vocabulary

• Pronunciation

• Meaning

• Syntax

In which of the principles for EL (Emergent Literacy) the repetition of a sound in a word or phrase is used?

• Alphabetic principle

• Phonological awareness

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

In which of the principals the comprehension of meaning is reinforced in the students? It is not just seeing or pronouncing words.

• Vocabulary

• Fluency

• Phonological awareness

• Alphabetic principle

If a teacher asks students to read a text out loud, everyone at the same time, so they can speak faster and lose shyness, which principle is the teacher implementing?

• Vocabulary

• Alphabetical principle

• Comprehension

• Fluency

Which of the following is not an idea for boosting emergent literacy in the classroom?

• Using manipulatives: puppets, flashcards, etc.

• Isolating students with individual work.

• Make students create their own vocab books.

• Giving the students a buddy to work ensemble