EDU 233 - Literacy, Language, & Texts

4 Credit(s)

Literacy growth begins before children enter school as they experience and experiment with literacy activities—reading, writing, and associating spoken words with their graphic representations. This course is centered on understanding a literacy curriculum which is based on the science of reading. Candidates will learn about the importance of both word recognition and language comprehension as foundations of skilled reading. Key elements of the course are phonological awareness, phonics instruction, orthography, word study, vocabulary development, reading and writing fluency, and comprehension in emergent literacy and beyond. Candidates will develop an understanding of the literacy abilities that children of all ages bring to school, as well as the ways literacy is represented in our lives, texts, and cultures. Required for the Elementary Education Major and Literacy Minor. $10 Course Fee.

Prerequisite(s): EDU 234
(fall/spring)