Impact of Play on Literacy Development Study
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Impact of Play on Literacy Development Study
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Running head: EARLY EDUCATIONImpact of play on literacy developmentStudent NameUniversity nameAuthor Name
EARLY EDUCATIONAbstractThis research paper initially analyzed the available theories and strategies to understand thesignificant of play in early child education. The research demonstrated that significance of playin language learning for non native English speakers is underexposed. Therefore the researcherfocused more on role of play in non native English children. The researcher initiated someexperiments in certain hypothetical situations and engaged a chosen subject groups consistingboth native and non native English speakers. The teachers were involved in the data collectionprocess where they answered questions related to the research. The result highlighted that amongvarious games the socio dramatic play and musical play are highly effective in English languageskill building for the children.
EARLY EDUCATIONTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Research aim....................................................................................................................................4Methods and analysis.......................................................................................................................7Data analysis and sampling technique.........................................................................................8Sample Size.................................................................................................................................8Analysis and Findings......................................................................................................................9Physical play................................................................................................................................9Survey..............................................................................................................................................9Playing with objects...................................................................................................................10Symbolic play............................................................................................................................12Musical play...............................................................................................................................13Socio dramatic play...................................................................................................................14Possible impact..............................................................................................................................16Reference.......................................................................................................................................17
EARLY EDUCATIONIntroductionPlay has become a significant tool for the children and the teachers to develop theirliteracy skills. The structured play form the learning capacity of the children from the preschools, this is also significant for the non English speaking children. The teacher also playsimportant role in the literacy development. It has been observed through various researches thatplay has been an integral part of the early children learning to increase their learning capacity.The author’s interest in play at early children education started when the author was engaged inthe pre service of early childhood education. The early education program based on play ismajorly focused on the English language speakers. The study curriculum is composed of variousplay activities in order to provide them with writing and reading skills. The teacher is responsibleto enhance the children’s personal development. There are researches that have explored thedirect connection between play and emergent literacy development and those studies havesuccessfully indicated that the play activities have significant role in the broader literacy skilldevelopment (Roskos 2017). The author also has had the experience to work with children in aplay school for a brief period of time. However there was playing involved in the learningprocess but mostly as after activity rewards (Benozio and Diesendruck 2015). The playing inearly literacy program should be an integral part of the learning process. Few significant researchhave been initiated by few researchers but not many have explored extensively how through playthe development goals of early education have been achieved and specifically for the children ofnon English speakers. It is necessary for the teachers to effectively incorporate play in thechildren learning curriculum and make sure that is contributing in the development of thechildren irrespective of their language background.
EARLY EDUCATIONResearch aimThis research responds to the various available research literatures that deal with thetheoretical knowledge of how play supports the development in early literacy practice. Howeverthis is felt that not many research have been indicated how the play could enhance thedevelopment of non English speaking children in learning English language. Therefore theresearch aim is twofold; the primary focus is the role of play in the early literacy education forthe non English speaking children and then how the play is utilized as part of their literacyprogram to enhance their English language capacity. The following research questions can be identified for our research purposes. How play develops literacy skills of the children? How the teachers involve the children in the learning and development program?How play develops the literacy skills for the non English speaking children?How play enhances the language skills of the children? What types of play areused in this process?For the non English speaking children how play is used by the teachers to helpthem English language?As we discussed that play has been a part of early literacy education for children for along time and the connection between the two has already been established by variousresearchers. However in order to concentrate on a limited specific area it was necessary for theauthor to reinterpret and analyze the established norms. That is why he set primary two questionsof the research more general regarding the role of teachers and their use of play activities inliteracy education for all children. After exploring these it will easier for the researcher to
EARLY EDUCATIONconcentrate on the desired section of exploring play’s role in the literacy education and languagelearning for the non English speaking children, on which the later three questions are set. The research is qualitative in nature using first hand experiences of the author. The authorparticipated as an observer in a selected day care centre in a rural town of Australia. She hasinteracted and observed the preschool learning activities for a long period of time. The author hasinteracted with the teachers about how they are engaging play in their learning curriculum andlanguage education how the children are developing their literacy behaviors during play and incertain hypothetical situations. The research in the preschool can be divided into three partswhere in each part the teacher intervention increased. In the methodology section theobservations have been discussed in details in order to find the results. Underpinning literatureThe literature review also followed the similar approach where it explores variousliterature related to significance of play in the early childhood education, various conceptsapplied in the learning through playing and the teachers’ role in the learning process. Theliterature gap is explored that not much research has been done for the non native Englishspeakers in their early childhood education. Children learn to read and write a lot more effectively if play activities are included intheir learning curriculum (Saracho and Bernard 2006). The play blocks are colored tools helpthem to engage in the learning procedure with great concentration and they express their naturalideas and express their thoughts more easily. The imagination capability is nurtured throughplaying as it is stated that during the play activity the child hold himself above his or her averageage behavior (Kyratzis 2017).
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