Literacy Acquisition Analysis
Critically assess any two literacy theories and underscore their importance in the literacy acquisition process. Clearly demonstrate how these literacy theories may be applicable in teaching literacy in a grade of your choice by designing lessons that reflect them.
What is the best way of teaching literacy? Children learn in various ways, but what theory works best for the majority of students in the classroom? As simple as the words are in those questions are, the answer is by no means easy to come by. The onlything that can realley be said is to try different ways of teachiing your students. What may have worked for one set one year may not work for the next set the year after. Teachers are faced with the daunting task of finding the best …show more content…
Learning words first gives them the confidence to be able to identify things around them and be able to spell the letters within the word. For example, they learn the colour blue, the student begins to associate everything that has the colour blue on it. They learn the action word run, every time they see the word run or someone doing the section they point it out. Kids learn words like truck, cat dog, walk, hot, sad, and they learn how to associate them with the things around …show more content…
The cues in the material relates to bottom-up theory which is learning the letters or the words in the sentences. The top down theory is regularly used in the classroom especially at the early childhood level as books are read to students. It is through these books that students vocabulary are developed. Their growth relies heavily on this for them to relate letters and sounds to their prior knowledge. Not many students are from a print rich environment, so their vocabulary may be limited to that of their community which may limit them significantly.
Top-down theory focuses on the reader as they interact with the text. Prior knowledge in decoding is essential in this theory. The belief is that learning is best done by learning paragraphs, or sentences first then narrowing down to words.Top-down accounts for the understanding of a text. It is from this that students understand not only how to decode what is meant but to also use words in sentences. They link their previous experiences with the stories used to relate to them or learn from
What is the best way of teaching literacy? Children learn in various ways, but what theory works best for the majority of students in the classroom? As simple as the words are in those questions are, the answer is by no means easy to come by. The onlything that can realley be said is to try different ways of teachiing your students. What may have worked for one set one year may not work for the next set the year after. Teachers are faced with the daunting task of finding the best …show more content…
Learning words first gives them the confidence to be able to identify things around them and be able to spell the letters within the word. For example, they learn the colour blue, the student begins to associate everything that has the colour blue on it. They learn the action word run, every time they see the word run or someone doing the section they point it out. Kids learn words like truck, cat dog, walk, hot, sad, and they learn how to associate them with the things around …show more content…
The cues in the material relates to bottom-up theory which is learning the letters or the words in the sentences. The top down theory is regularly used in the classroom especially at the early childhood level as books are read to students. It is through these books that students vocabulary are developed. Their growth relies heavily on this for them to relate letters and sounds to their prior knowledge. Not many students are from a print rich environment, so their vocabulary may be limited to that of their community which may limit them significantly.
Top-down theory focuses on the reader as they interact with the text. Prior knowledge in decoding is essential in this theory. The belief is that learning is best done by learning paragraphs, or sentences first then narrowing down to words.Top-down accounts for the understanding of a text. It is from this that students understand not only how to decode what is meant but to also use words in sentences. They link their previous experiences with the stories used to relate to them or learn from