IMPLICATION

S OF THE
PERSPECTIVE
FOR
FOSTERING
EMERGENT
LITERACY
DEVELOPMEN
Development perspective

- This perspective aims to target knowledge and sklls

that are built upon one another in facilitating the child towards
conventional literacy. It is important to understand how children
acquire emergent knowledge and skills. In order to determine
child`s progress, McCormick and Mason (1980) stressed the
importance of giving evaluation to the child`s emergent literacy
development.
Formulate Strommen and mates (2000) Professional
must
1. formulate a hypothesis regarding the child`s idea of reading

2. introduce new skills for and ideas about reading

3. set goals for reading performance that consider the child`s ideas
about reading
Components Perspective

- In developing a child`s emergent literacy development,

specific knowledge and skills must be identified and targeted.

Examples of these are Print Meaning and Print Form.

Print Meaning
This centers on th idea that printed text contain meaning. Knowledge and skills
related to print meaning are important in the development of reading
comprehension. In promoting print meaning activities such as dialogic and shared
book reading are effective.

Print Form
Decoding abilities of children are dependent on the knowledge and skills of
children in term of print form which can also aid in the skills and knowledge in
phonological and orthographic processors as included in the framework of Van
Kleeck.
Child and environmental influence perspective

The emphasis in this perspective falls on comprehensive family literacy practices

that enable to children to achieve conventional literacy: The literacy environment of a
child can also positive effects on the child`s emergent literacy.

Combine Perspectives

Combining perspectives can offer a more comprehensive approach to

intervension compared to solely using one perspective.

Embedded – Explicit approach

Basic goals involve development of basic literacy skills linked with
reading achievement and positive literacy learning learning attitude in
children and an understanding of the function and intension of literacy via
literacy – embedded activities. The two goals reflect that of components
perspective and child and environmental influences perspective.