 “Children who come from language-depraved

backgrounds must receive immediate

attention if they are to have any real chance
at reading success” (Dockrell Sylvia Huxford
and Roberts. 2009. Johnson 2001 National
Research Council 1998 in Reutzel and Cooter
2013 p. 32)
 “Success in reading depends very much on

the degree to which the language children

encounter in their early speaking and reading
experiences mirror one another” (Pinnell &
Jaggar, 2003; Watson, 2001, in Reutzel and
Cooter, 2013, p.39)
WHAT FOSTERS ORAL LANGUAGE
DEVELOPMENT AT HOME
 Warm and rewarding atmosphere must
surrounding oral language development.

 A social child-centered context aids in

language development.

 Meaningful context should be provided for

language and conceptual development.
 Doing pretend play
 Interview or being

interviewed
 Talking about an

interesting picture
 Using wordless

picture books
 Talking about things

that happened in a
day.
 Phonological Awareness
refers to the ability to hear
and manipulate the sounds
in a language.