CHL2601
Assignment 3 2025
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Due Date: 6 June 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
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, QUESTION 1
1.1.1
Literacy is the ability to read and write in a way that allows someone to understand
and use information in daily life. Today, literacy also includes skills like using
technology, speaking, listening, and interpreting images and symbols (Casey, 1997).
1.1.2
Emergent literacy refers to the early stages when young children begin to
understand reading and writing through everyday activities like listening to stories,
scribbling, or pretending to read, even before they can read or write properly (Teale
& Sulzby, 1986).
1.1.3
Technology has changed literacy by adding digital skills such as typing emails, using
search engines, and reading digital stories. Literacy is no longer just about paper
books—it now includes interacting with online texts, apps, and multimedia tools. This
requires both reading and understanding across digital platforms
1.1.4
One key characteristic of children’s literature is that it usually contains simple plots
and relatable characters. These stories often include life lessons and moral values
while also using repetition, rhyme, and illustrations to make the reading experience
fun and understandable for young readers.
1.1.5
Emergent literacy happens before children can read and write in the usual sense. It
includes activities like scribbling, pretend reading, and understanding that print
carries meaning. Conventional literacy, on the other hand, refers to the formal ability
Varsity Cube 2025 +27 81 278 3372
Assignment 3 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 6 June 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
+27 81 278 3372
, QUESTION 1
1.1.1
Literacy is the ability to read and write in a way that allows someone to understand
and use information in daily life. Today, literacy also includes skills like using
technology, speaking, listening, and interpreting images and symbols (Casey, 1997).
1.1.2
Emergent literacy refers to the early stages when young children begin to
understand reading and writing through everyday activities like listening to stories,
scribbling, or pretending to read, even before they can read or write properly (Teale
& Sulzby, 1986).
1.1.3
Technology has changed literacy by adding digital skills such as typing emails, using
search engines, and reading digital stories. Literacy is no longer just about paper
books—it now includes interacting with online texts, apps, and multimedia tools. This
requires both reading and understanding across digital platforms
1.1.4
One key characteristic of children’s literature is that it usually contains simple plots
and relatable characters. These stories often include life lessons and moral values
while also using repetition, rhyme, and illustrations to make the reading experience
fun and understandable for young readers.
1.1.5
Emergent literacy happens before children can read and write in the usual sense. It
includes activities like scribbling, pretend reading, and understanding that print
carries meaning. Conventional literacy, on the other hand, refers to the formal ability
Varsity Cube 2025 +27 81 278 3372
