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A Language and Literacy Development Journey Outline

Paper / Podcast

Overview: Throughout this course, you will complete multiple assignments that will lead to the final Course Project (PhD) or Major Assessment (EdD/EdS): A Language and Literacy Development Journey. By Week 10, you will compile, edit, and submit:

· A 28- to 38-page paper OR a podcast series consisting of 10 individual podcasts (9 podcasts, of approximately 10 minutes each and 1 podcast that is approximately 2 minutes in length, the podcasts must answer each requirement of the assignment regardless of length and a script provided for each podcast)

· The revisions document (inserted after the title page)

Title Page

Revisions Page: Insert the table found in the Major Assessment 1/Course Project: Revisions document that details any improvements you made to your original work.

Part 1: Conceptualizing Your Child

Consider children you have worked with in your career, children you have known, and yourself as a young child. Your role in Part 1 is to create a fictitious child that you will study for this entire semester related to his or her language and literacy development. Consider characteristics related to the child which you would like to research more. This may include language(s) spoken at home, disabilities, advanced language skills, etc. Imagine the family and community into which this child was born. Part 1 asks you to describe your child in detail. You will then use these details about the child as you complete the rest of this assessment.

(20–25 Pages OR 7 podcasts of approximately 10 minutes each, the podcasts must answer each requirement of the assignment regardless of length)

Introduction: My Child in Context

1. Home life and family:

· Who is my child? Is my child a boy or a girl? What is my child’s name?

· What are the characteristics of my child’s family? Does my child have brothers and sisters? Does my child have pets? Where is my child in the birth order? What was my child’s prenatal experience?

· Who lives with my child?

· Who provides primary care and who is closest to my child?

· What does my child’s family like to do together?

2. Community and culture, including language(s) spoken:

· Where does my child live?

· What language(s) are spoken in my child’s home?

· What language or languages do people speak who interact most frequently with my child?

· What does my child’s family believe about learning to speak English and/or languages other than English?

· What opportunities for language/literacy-rich experiences are available to my child and my child’s family in their home and in the community?

· What additional facts, stories, and/or situations will help provide insights into who my child is related to his or her language development journey?

My Child’s Language and Literacy Development Journey: Developmental Characteristics

Each week, you will focus on a developmental stage of your child:

· Prenatal and Infancy

· Toddlerhood

· Preschool

· Kindergarten and Primary Grades

For each stage, answer the following:

· In what ways did my child's development align or not align with the milestones reviewed for typically developing children? 

· What factors supported and/or inhibited language acquisition, language development, and literacy in my child’s early childhood years (prenatal through third grade)?

· How did the domains overlap in my child’s acquisition of language, language development, and literacy?

· How did my child’s environment support the connections between the domains?

· What aspects of my child’s physical, social, emotional, and/or cognitive development impacted language acquisition, language development, and literacy and in what ways?

With regard to your child’s family and cultural influences:

· What familial and cultural influences impacted my child’s language acquisition, language development, and literacy and in what ways prenatal through third grade?

· How did my child’s family and/or caregiver(s) provide opportunities for language acquisition, language development, and literacy?

· What were the cultural influences on the child’s language acquisition, language development, and literacy? For instance, were there words used, books, TV shows, technology that were culture-specific?

For Part 1, you are required to cite at least three sources from the Learning Resources (from any Module) as well as five additional sources from your own research in APA format to substantiate your thinking.

Part 2: Supporting Your Child’s Language and Literacy Journey

For each of these weeks, consider your role to be the early childhood educator of the child you created in part one. Consider culturally responsive relationships, instructional approaches and strategies, family partnerships, and how to build on the strengths and meet the needs of this child and his/her family in regards to language and literacy development. Review the rubric expectations prior to responding to the assignment.

(Total for Part 2: 8–12 pages in length OR 2 podcasts, of approximately 10 minutes each in length, the podcasts must answer each requirement of the assignment regardless of length, and be accompanied by a script)

Toddler through Preschool (4 pages)

1. Supportive environments, approaches, and strategies that help my child and his or her family to foster language and literacy development.

· Language and literacy interactions between family members, caregivers, teachers, and my child.

· Language and literacy materials at home and in my child’s early care and education settings.

Kindergarten through Primary (4 pages)

1. Supportive environments, approaches, and strategies that help my child and his or her family to foster language and literacy development:

· Language and literacy interactions between family members, caregivers, teachers and my child.

· Language and literacy materials at home and in education settings.

· Main literacy focus during kindergarten through third grade.

For Part 2, you are required to cite at least three sources from the Learning Resources (from any Module), as well as three to five additional sources from your own research in APA format to substantiate your thinking.

Summary Reflection

For this section of your assignment, include:

(A paper that is 1 page in length OR 1 podcast that is approximately 2 minutes in length, the podcasts must answer each requirement of the assignment regardless of length)

1. Specific aspects of your child’s language and literacy development that required different supports. If applicable, strategies used with your child that were different than other children.

2. Ways you involved your child’s family in a meaningful partnership to support their child’s language and literacy growth and development.

3. Language and literacy approaches that you believe would be the most successful with your child and why these approaches were appropriate.

4. As a result of this project, describe your philosophy of language and literacy growth and development. Include one or two strategies/approaches that you believe to be most effective for all children; how language and literacy overlap developmentally; strategies/approaches that are effective in simultaneously developing both language and literacy; whether you believe the two constructs should be addressed together and why. Be sure to explain your reasoning and substantiate your thinking with citations.

Reflection and Growth

Throughout the course, you may have discussed this assignment with peers or received feedback from your faculty member. Please reflect on this feedback, make any additional changes to each section, and compile this Major Assessment/Course Project into one document. Use the revisions page to explain the revisions you made to your project. If changes were not necessary, please explain that on the revisions page as well. Insert this page after the cover sheet.

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