Education Support for Literacy and Oral Skills Development

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Development of Literacy and Oral Skills
When it comes to literacy development, oral language structures the basic foundation
of reading and writing skills in children1. Thus, in order to excel in academics, the
development of literacy skills and oral language is extremely important. In order to properly
develop oral and literacy skills, one must encourage conversation. When it comes to
developing literacy skills, it must be ensured that students are constantly attentive. Finally, in
order to foster literacy and oral skills, students should be provided with constant goals for
their activities so that they understand what is being asked of them.
Reading, Writing and Speaking
Reading, writing and speaking all play extremely important roles when it comes to an
individual’s life2. All of the three are directly interrelated and thus impact one another. In
order successfully expand their language skills all these skills need to be harnessed. Amongst
the three skills, reading possesses the greatest influence on achieving success in school. The
students who usually have difficulties whilst reading will most likely face difficulties in
processing the other skills as well3. While reading is a receptive skill, writing and speaking
are productive skills.
Use of Reading, Writing and Oral Language Skills
Literacy skills can be identified as the skills needed for reading, writing and speaking.
These language skills all play an essential role in a student’s educational journey.4 The proper
1 Brown, Carmen Sherry. "Language and literacy development in the early years: Foundational skills that
support emergent readers." Language and Literacy Spectrum 24 (2014): 35-49.
2 Sadiku, Lorena Manaj. "The importance of four skills reading, speaking, writing, listening in a lesson
hour." European Journal of Language and Literature 1.1 (2015): 29-31.
3 Cornoldi, Cesare, and Jane V. Oakhill, eds. Reading comprehension difficulties: Processes and intervention.
Routledge, 2013.
4 Drew, Sue. The student skills: guide. Routledge, 2018.

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utilization of reading and writing skills aids an individual develop their language skills. The
proper usage of this skills also help in developing reasoning skills, a trait crucial for
enhancing education. The proper use of these skills can also aid students to communicate
their ideas in an effective way. When a student effectively utilizes these skills, their ability to
understand and communicate properly enhances greatly.
Assessment of Skills
In the present times, there are four major types of assessments that are utilized. They
include diagnostic, formative, interim and summative.5 In order to understand how much
information a student has effectively absorbed.6 Under these types of assessments there are
many methods than can be applied. A proper method of assessment that can be applied is to
create assignments and questions based on the lessons previously taught. Moreover, formal
examinations are also another medium of assessment that can be utilized. Thus, these
methods are effective in showcasing a students’ performance level.
Education Assistant
My role as an education assistant places great responsibilities on me. In order to deal
with children with special needs I need to implement great care in explaining concepts or
lessons. My major aim is to deliver informative lessons in the educational system. I especially
work to ensure that any children with special needs receives attention so that they stay at par
with the rest of the students. Thus, I reinforce lessons, which are taught by the teacher, to aid
those students who require extra attention and aid.
5 Banta, Trudy W., and Catherine A. Palomba. Assessment essentials: Planning, implementing, and improving
assessment in higher education. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
6 Falchikov, Nancy. Improving assessment through student involvement: Practical solutions for aiding learning
in higher and further education. Routledge, 2013.

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Support Strategies
Support strategies can be put into place in in order for students to develop their
literacy skills.7 Firstly, a reading wall can be implemented. A student can paste what they are
currently reading and a sentence about the book on this wall. Moreover, in order to improve
oral skills, students can be provided with a scenario and asked to speak aloud. This support
strategy will tremendously build their confidence.
Resources Utilized to Improve Literacy and Oral Skills
In order to improve a student’s literacy and oral skills many resources can be utilized.
The first of these resources include books. In order to facilitate learning, books are a great
source of information. Reading will greatly promote the understanding of the lessons being
taught. Moreover, the internet also proves to be a helpful resource. In order to research
further, the internet will help to promote education. Additionally, learning apps can also be
utilized in order to improve these skills. These apps attract the attention of individuals while
imparting a hoard of information. Thus, these resources can be fully utilized in order to
promote literacy skills.
Literacy Conventions and Processes
All written texts need to adhere to a few conventions and processes in order to be
comprehendible by the students.8 One of these conventions is to teach students all of the
accepted ways of spelling words. Moreover, another literacy convention is to arrange
particular words into sentences and then transform these sentences into larger text units.
Other literacy conventions include developing problem-solving strategies that will aid a
student properly implement spellings, punctuation, capitalization and grammar.
7 Cooper, J. David, et al. Literacy: Helping students construct meaning. Cengage Learning, 2014.
8 Nunes, Terezinha, and Peter Bryant, eds. Handbook of children’s literacy. Springer Science & Business
Media, 2013.