1. Early Language Literacy and Numeracy
(ELLN) on the Big Six of Reading:
Building Oral Language Skill for
Literacy Development
Shiela Mae F. Fuñe
Dinalyn Presto
2. Objectives:
• explain the importance of oral
language development in building
literacy
• identify factors that will help
develop the oral skills of the
learners;
• determine effective activities that
promote oral language
development; and
• prepare sample activities that will
develop and assess oral language
skill
3. WHAT IS ORAL
LANGUAGE?
• Communicating with others through
speaking and listening
• The child’s first, most important and
most frequently used structured
medium of communication. (Cregan,
1998)
• Oral language acquisition is a natural
process for children. (Alex & Kortner,
1995)
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8. AUTOMATICITY
quick, accurate recognition of
letters and words with little
conscious attention
frees cognitive resources to
process meaning
is achieved through corrected
practice
9. ANALOGY
If reading is ________:
Fluency is …………
What is the
relationship of fluency
and reading
comprehension?
10. “If reading is the path to success,
Fluency is the bridge to
comprehension.”
11. What does fluent reading sound like?
FLUENT READING
It flows. It sounds
12. WHY FLUENCY IS IMPORTANT?
provides bridge between word recognition and
comprehension
FLUENT READERS able to focus their attention on text.
focus much attention on figuring out
words,
so the have less attention devoted to
comprehension
13. REMEMBER!
Fluency is increased when…
Develop instant word recognition
Fluency is increased when…
Practice repeated reading of text
Fluency is increased when…
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