Young Children's Literacy Development and the Role of Televisual Texts

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Author: Naima Browne

ISBN-10: 0750708557

ISBN-13: 9780750708555

Category: Literacy programs

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Explores and analyses the ways in which very young children's developing literacy can be supported by their experience of watching TV and videos. Specifically, the book addresses ways teachers can use children's experience of watching stories on video or TV to feed back to their own story-writing, reading, story-telling and role-play in the classroom. Explores areas specifically highlighted in the National Curriculum for English, an will benefit teachers developing their literacy teaching in light of the government Literacy Hour initiative.

List of FiguresNotes about TranscriptionsAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Teachers and Schools16Ch. 3Children and Parents31Ch. 4Children's Perspectives52Ch. 5Reading Different Texts81Ch. 6Storytelling and the Moves into Writing103Ch. 7Gender Issues148Afterword169References171App. AChildren's Questionnaire179App. BParents' Questionnaire186App. C: List of Transcripts193App. DTranscript of Rehana's Wolfie Stories (Puppets)194App. ETranscript of The Faraway Tree (Oral story)198App. FTranscript of Retelling of Pollyanna201Index203