EML1501
Assignment 2 2025
Due 3 July 2025
, Question 1
1.1 Five Practical Examples of Opportunities Parents Can Create at Home to
Promote Emergent Literacy Skills in the Early Years
1. Shared Reading Aloud: Parents can read storybooks aloud with their children
daily, encouraging them to look at pictures, predict what happens next, and talk
about the story. This builds vocabulary, comprehension, and print awareness.
2. Storytelling and Conversation: Engaging children in conversations about their
day, telling family stories, or making up stories together fosters oral language
skills and narrative understanding.
3. Singing Songs and Reciting Rhymes: Singing nursery rhymes, clapping to
rhythms, and reciting poems help children develop phonological awareness and
memory for language patterns.
4. Drawing and Scribbling: Providing paper, crayons, and markers for children to
draw, scribble, and attempt early writing helps them develop fine motor skills and
understand that marks and symbols can represent meaning.
5. Playing Language and Word Games: Simple games like “I Spy,” matching
letter cards, or word games that involve naming objects or describing actions
build vocabulary, listening skills, and print knowledge in a fun, interactive way.
1.2 The Common Connection Among Emergent Literacy Skills
Language is the central thread that links emergent speaking, reading, and writing. All
three skills rely on the development of oral language, vocabulary, and the ability to
make and understand meaning through communication.
a. Emergent Speaking (5)
Emergent speaking is the early stage where children begin to express thoughts,
feelings, and ideas verbally. Language provides the foundation for this skill by enabling
children to learn new words, form sentences, and engage in meaningful conversations.
Assignment 2 2025
Due 3 July 2025
, Question 1
1.1 Five Practical Examples of Opportunities Parents Can Create at Home to
Promote Emergent Literacy Skills in the Early Years
1. Shared Reading Aloud: Parents can read storybooks aloud with their children
daily, encouraging them to look at pictures, predict what happens next, and talk
about the story. This builds vocabulary, comprehension, and print awareness.
2. Storytelling and Conversation: Engaging children in conversations about their
day, telling family stories, or making up stories together fosters oral language
skills and narrative understanding.
3. Singing Songs and Reciting Rhymes: Singing nursery rhymes, clapping to
rhythms, and reciting poems help children develop phonological awareness and
memory for language patterns.
4. Drawing and Scribbling: Providing paper, crayons, and markers for children to
draw, scribble, and attempt early writing helps them develop fine motor skills and
understand that marks and symbols can represent meaning.
5. Playing Language and Word Games: Simple games like “I Spy,” matching
letter cards, or word games that involve naming objects or describing actions
build vocabulary, listening skills, and print knowledge in a fun, interactive way.
1.2 The Common Connection Among Emergent Literacy Skills
Language is the central thread that links emergent speaking, reading, and writing. All
three skills rely on the development of oral language, vocabulary, and the ability to
make and understand meaning through communication.
a. Emergent Speaking (5)
Emergent speaking is the early stage where children begin to express thoughts,
feelings, and ideas verbally. Language provides the foundation for this skill by enabling
children to learn new words, form sentences, and engage in meaningful conversations.
