TOPIC 5:

Planning and Evaluating English

and Communication Literacy in
Early Childhood Education
HCE3013
ENGLISH COMMUNICATION AND LITERACY IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Learning outcomes :

By the end of the chapter, students should be able to :

Plan and evaluate story telling activity for early childhood
education.
Plan and evaluate singing and movement activity for early
childhood education.
Plan and evaluate role play activity for early childhood education.
INTRODUCTION

 Language is undeniably important in delivering the messages or any

kind information in our daily life.

“ …language is the key to learning across all domains”

Benzies (2011)
Effects of a two-generation preschool program on receptive language skill in low-income Canadian children:
Early Child Development and Care
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

 The emergence of abilities in:

 Receptive Language :
The ability to understand well words and language.
It involves gaining information and meaning from routine, visual information within the
environment, sounds and words, concepts such as size, shape, colours and time, grammar
and written information.

 Expressive Language :
Being able to put thoughts into words and sentences, in a way that makes sense and is
grammatically accurate.
 STORY
TELLING

HOW TO
CAPTURE
CHILDREN
S’
INTEREST?

SINGING &
ROLE
MOVEMEN
PLAY
T
STORY TELLING

“Many storytellers, educators and researchers advocate that storytelling

can contribute significantly to early literacy development”.
(Mallan, 1991; Jennings. 1991: Cooper, Collins & Saxby, 1992; Glazer & Burke, 1994)

“From babyhood to the early teens, children love to hear a good story.
This is one of those beautiful situations where what your children love is
truly good for them. Children benefit a great deal from storytelling”.
(Pam Myers, 2012)
 To
improve
listening
skill

To
To get to
the new
Benefits of improve
world Storytelling language
skill

To
enhance
memory
SINGING & MOVEMENT

 Develop coordination of large and small muscles as they learn how to

drive their bodies
 Space perception
 Listening skills
 Memory
 Language
 Social confidence
 Whole-brain and whole-body learning
 Personal growth
What are the
children get from
singing and Brain growth
movement
activities? Interpersonal
growth
ROLE PLAY

“Role play is a very important part of a child’s education. The imagination

is a powerful tool which as we know is innate in some children but needs
encouraging in others. It is important that preschools provide children with
the opportunity to develop their imagination. In order to accomplish this they
have to equip the children with spaces, scenarios, props and the support they
need to explore their real life or imaginary worlds. Imaginative play not
only aids intellectual development but also improves children’s social skills
and their creativity. In addition it gives children a chance to play out
events that they have observed or experienced in real life”
(Meghan.J, 2002)
 Intellectual

The
benefits of
role play

Social Emotional