So how does learning to read impact on
oral vocabulary learning?
Evidence that the presence of orthography facilitates
oral vocabulary learning in children with specific language impairment (SLI), children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and typically developing children (controls), from Ricketts et al. (2015)
Not exact matches
Current events discussions offer ample opportunity for skill building (e.g.
vocabulary development, reading and writing informational and analytical text,
oral expression, critical analysis — all part of the ELA Common Core
Learning Standards).
Here's just one example: After almost a year in Head Start (with an average cost of about $ 7,700 in 2005), children were able to name only about two more letters than their non — Head Start counterparts, and they did not show any significant gains on much more important measures, such as early math
learning,
vocabulary,
oral comprehension (more indicative of later reading comprehension), motivation to
learn, or social competencies, including the ability to interact with peers and teachers.
For young children with a familial risk of dyslexia, «it's not just that home literacy gives you a very important basis for
learning to read —
oral comprehension,
vocabulary, etc..
It is not well understood by researchers precisely how
oral vocabulary helps children
learn to read new words.
Since
oral language and
vocabulary are so connected to reading comprehension, the most disadvantaged children face increased challenges once they enter school and start
learning to read.
They build their
vocabulary, acquire conceptual knowledge,
learn about letter - sound relationships and the relationship between
oral and written language, and practice the skills necessary to become automatic and fluent readers who can tackle the more specialized and technical texts of secondary reading (Chall, 1983; Chall & Jacobs, 1996; Jacobs, 2000).
Educators will
learn proven instructional practices for developing students»
oral language and building academic language and
vocabulary.
Within this approach, students
learn the basic building blocks of literacy as they develop critical language skills through exposure to both
oral and academic
vocabulary.
While
oral skills are emphasized in the elementary school, all students
learn academic
vocabulary and structures, which are practiced in situations appropriate to their age, maturity, and grade level.
• Using real - world topics to jump - start discussions and debates in the classroom • Encouraging students to incorporate text - based evidence in their
oral arguments •
Learning and mastering academic
vocabulary through first - person use • Empowering students of all ability levels to participate in grade - level discussions
However, the relationship between
oral vocabulary and reading is reciprocal; once children have acquired foundational reading skills, the reading process provides them with opportunities to
learn new words.
Before going to school, children
learn new words from the spoken language around them and as they
learn to read words and texts,
oral vocabulary knowledge makes important contributions to reading comprehension.
Most
vocabulary is
learned indirectly «through everyday experiences with
oral and written language.»
In both the look - say approach to
learning sight
vocabulary and its analytic approach to phonics, whether the unit of focus is a word or a letter, the basic task for the student is to translate from the written to the
oral code.
When
learning to read, children have a much more difficult time
learning to read words that are not already a part of their
oral vocabulary.