Age of Acquisition
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Typically, children follow a hierarchy of development in regards to literacy. The area of literacy socialization refers to skills related to print and alphabet knowledge. With these skills a child learns that written language units such as letters, words, and punctuation represent speech through print. Children also learn how books work (e.g., print reads left to right, pages are sequential, etc.).
Phonological awareness skills include the ability to understand the relationship between written and spoken language, and to be able to reflect upon and manipulate these abilities. It also includes the knowledge of, or sensitivity to, the phonological structure of spoken words. Print knowledge refers to the ability to recognize environmental print, link text to experience, and understand metalinguistic terms (i.e., word, letter, and sound).
These previously mentioned skills along with reading and writing are essential components in regards to the milestones of literacy development.
Phonological awareness skills include the ability to understand the relationship between written and spoken language, and to be able to reflect upon and manipulate these abilities. It also includes the knowledge of, or sensitivity to, the phonological structure of spoken words. Print knowledge refers to the ability to recognize environmental print, link text to experience, and understand metalinguistic terms (i.e., word, letter, and sound).
These previously mentioned skills along with reading and writing are essential components in regards to the milestones of literacy development.