english language: child language acquistion

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english language: child language acquistion

Framework For Writing about Children's Writing

Learning to write

Spelling conventions - the "rules" of spelling.

Placeholding - using some letters, usually consonants, to represent the whole word, eg, bcs for because. This is because the child is not sure of the correct spelling.

Phonetic spelling - spelling as the word sounds

Lineality - learning that we write in horizontal lines

High Frequency Word - one that is used often in writing

Directionality - in English we write from left to right

Digraph - a unit of two letters that represents one sound

Encoding - using symbols to express meaning.

Decoding - understanding the meaning carried by symbols

Descender - the part of some letters which goes down from the line.

Ascender - the part of some letters which goes up from the line.

Glossary of terms

Speech Development

Main topic

Learning to spell

Learning to read