CHL2601 - Notes (Summary)

Study notes:
Study unit 1:
(The Languages Learning area LLA)

1) Name the six LLA outcomes and elaborate on each. (Pg 1)
 Listening
- The learner will be able to listen for information and enjoyment, and respond
appropriately in a whole variety of situations.
 Speaking
- The learner will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in spoken
language in a wide range of situations.
 Reading and viewing
- The learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and
respond critically to aesthetic, cultural and emotional values and texts.
 Writing
- The learner will be able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a
wide range of purposes.
 Thinking and reasoning
- The learner will be able to use language to think, reason, as well as to access,
process and use information for learning.
 Language structure and use
- The learner will know and be able to use the sounds, words and grammar of the
language to create and interpret text.
2) Name the eleven official South African languages. (Pg 2)
 Afrikaans
 English
 Sesotho
 Setswana
 IsiZulu
 Xitsonga
 Seswati
 siXhosa
 Sepedi
 XiVenda
 IsinDebele
3) Why does the languages policy stipulate that learners in South Africa must be able to
reach high levels of proficiency in at least two languages? (Pg 2)
 The purpose of LLA is to promote the learning of languages.
 It is a fact that children make sense of the world around them through language.
 Language is a vehicle of thought and is at the core of our very existence.

 Àccess to learning and the world around them.

Exam questions:

,1) In what way does the Languages Learning Area promote the young child`s language
skills?
(Pg 3)
(may/june 2012(5)
What is the importance of the language leaning area? List five (5) Points
(Oct/Nov 2011 (5)
 Develops reading and writing, foundation for other important literacies.
 It`s the medium for much of the other learning in the curriculum, such as
mathematics and social sciences.
 It encourages intercultural understanding, access to other views and a critical
understanding of the concept of culture.
 It stimulates imaginative and creative activity, thus promotes the goals of arts
and culture.
 Provides a way of communicating information, and promotes many of the goals
of science, technology and environmental education.


2) Languages serve a variety of purposes. List five (5)
(Pg 2,3)
(Oct/Nov 2012 (5)
 Personal
 Communicative
 Educational
 Aesthetic
 Cultural

3) Languages serve a variety of purposes. Briefly discuss five (5) purposes.
(Pg 2,3)
(oct/nov 2011 (10)
 Personal
- Is to sustain, develop and transform identities, to sustain relationships in
family and community, and for personal growth and pleasure.
 Communicative
- Is to communicate appropriately and effectively in a variety of social contexts.
 Educational
- Is to develop tools for thinking and reasoning and to provide access to
information.
 Aesthetic
- Is to create, interpret and play imaginatively with visual and written texts.
 Cultural
- Is to understand and appreciate languages and cultures, and the heritage
they carry.

,Study unit 2:
(Children`s literature in early childhood development)
Activities:

1) Explain in detail how children`s literature can enhance the total development of young
children. (Pg 6)
 Language development which encompasses:
- Expanding vocabulary
- Improving oral language
- Using creative language
- Creating the desire to read
- Cultivating listening skills
 Intellectual development:
- Concept formation
- Thinking processes
- Logical reasoning
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
 Personality development which encompasses:
- Responsible decision making
- Task completion
- Positive self-image
- Understanding emotions
- Controlling emotions
 Social and moral development which encompasses:
- Empathy
- Socialization
- Values and norms
 Aesthetic and creative development which encompasses:
- Enriching the imagination.
- Providing information to promote creativity.

2) Write an informative essay about the nature of children`s poetry. (Pg 11)
 Narrative poetry:
- Tells a story in rhyme.
- Many such poems are available in picture format.
- This increases their popularity with young children.
 Ballads:
- Is a long narrative poem that usually relates a single incident in a protracted
manner.
- It is not a suitable form for young children.
 Lyrics:

, - Describes something.
- An object, scene or feeling in line with a singing quality.
- You can imagine lyric poems set to music.
- They are popular with young children.
 Nonsense verse:
- Is humorous or musical verse that plays with the absurd in ideas or language.
- This form of poetry is very popular with young children because of the
humorous nonsensical lines.
 Limerick:
- Is a funny, nonsense poem: five lines of carefully organized silliness.
- In classical forms the first, second and fifth lines have a limerick rhyme, while
the third and fourth lines have a rhyme and rhythm of their own.
 Free verse:
- Has no formal governing rules, no required rhythm, no rhyme, no prescribed
length of line.
- This form is not new and has existed from ancient times, as is the case with
folk stories.
3) Which of the children`s books and stories would you consider best for preschoolers
and why? Provide information on the nature characteristic of books and stories you
have selected.
Get from school.


4) Name the five areas of child development that can be fostered through the use of
books. (Pg 6)
 Language development
 Intellectual development
 Personality development
 Social and moral development
 Aesthetic and creative development.
5) Write brief notes on how literature can encourage the child`s intellectual
development. (Pg 8)
 Aiding discovery and refinement of new concepts
 Cultivating their proficiency in a range of thinking processes
 Furthering their ability to reason logically
 Fostering their critical thinking
 Introducing them to problem solving.
6) What do you understand by the following?
a) Rhyme and rhythm (pg 10)
- Poetry appeals more than ordinary language because of sound repetition.
- In other poems, rhythms can suggest the light steps of dancing, the slow
rhythm of a funeral march, or the stop-and-start movements of a baseball
player caught between bases.