Literacy Development in Education: EDU20001 Report

This report, focusing on literacy development within the context of EDU20001, explores various facets of language acquisition and educational methodologies. It examines the distinctions between language and literacy, emphasizing the importance of both reading and writing skills. The report details the reading process, including phonemic awareness, word identification, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, and outlines the writing process stages. It also discusses diverse learning experiences such as online and in-person methods, and the role of resources like books and the internet. Furthermore, the report analyzes literacy programs such as open count reading and daily quest, assessing their impact on enhancing language skills. It highlights methods like vocabulary development and comprehension strategies, and also examines the role of technology and ICT in promoting literacy, including strategies like educational programs and cooperative learning. The report references key literature in the field, providing a comprehensive overview of literacy development.

EDU20001 Developing
Literacy.
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Table of Contents
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DISCUSSION
1. It has been discussed that English is a language of learning, spelling, grammar, etc. whereas
literacy means ability to read and write. In both the teaching and learning process is different.
English only helps in improving grammar, punctuation, etc. But in literacy allow in learning
language and writing it. The skills are improved through it.
2. The reading process involves reader, text, and purpose in social and cultural context. There are
5 stages in it that is phonemic awareness, word identify, fluency, vocab and comprehension
(Barton & Woolley 2017). While writing process stages are pre writing, research, drafting, revise
and editing.
3. There are various range of learning experience such as online, in person, distance, individual,
etc. These all enable in learning and gaining knowledge. Moreover, resources are books, notes,
internet and other which help in learning many things and gaining knowledge about it. This will
result in giving varied experience to students.
4. The literacy programs design to assess communication skill are open count reading and daily
quest. Both programs focused in improving reading, writing skills, etc. of students. It is reviewed
that programs outcomes resulted in enhancing language skills that is English.
But on other hand, in open count reading it only focus on reading language. While in daily quest
the writing skills were improved as well.
5. It includes methods such as vocab development, comprehension strategies, etc. through which
children literacy skills can be enhanced (Dressen-Hammouda 2021). These all methods support
in different way in student literacy skills. Besides that, tools that support children are technology,
software, etc. by which children literacy skills is improved. They can learn about writing and
reading skills.
6. It is discussed that strategies that can be developed through use of ICT is Education program.
This strategy can be developed in which use technology such as videos, software, applications,
etc. is used to provide online learning and education. It will led to enhance student literacy. Here,
info related to reading, writing, etc. can be included through which student will learn. Another
strategy that can be developed is cooperative learning. In this student can study in group with
tutor and it will include example of reading and writing.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Barton, G., & Woolley, G. (2017). Developing literacy in the secondary classroom. Sage.
Dressen-Hammouda, D. (2021). Methods for Developing Literacy in Professional and Academic
Contexts: Using Protocol-Assisted Modeling. Academic Literacy Development:
Perspectives on Multilingual Scholars’ Approaches to Writing, 81.
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