Language Acquisition and Emergent Literacy

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The course will focus on the connection of oral language development and early literacy learning, with applications to working with children in early childhood and elementary school settings. Students will study the components of the language system (phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics) and examine the course of development of these components. Further, students will develop understandings of the complexity, diversity, and power of language (written and spoken) as a tool for communicating and thinking. Learners’ diverse languages, dialects, experiences, and abilities will be considered throughout the course.