Course 6 Activity 3: Share Your Thoughts
Do we have to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabet? Should children be familiarised with the letters in sequence? Share your thoughts.
Course 3 Activity 3: Share Your Thoughts
Do you believe that every child is unique and their learning style is different? If yes, how will you cater to the different needs of your students in your classroom? Share your thoughts. Steps to be followed:
Do we have to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabet?
ReplyDeleteNo not necessary they should through with the sounds of alphabet and visual recognition with different vocabulary.
DeleteNot at all, Children learn with their mother tongue (the other languages) side by side.
DeleteYes, then later we need to help them to recognize the letters and their sequences as well.
not so we can teach them the sound of alphabets and relate to their mother tongue.
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Not at all, Children learn with their mother tongue (the other languages) side by side.
Yes, then later we need to help them to recognise the letters and their sequences as well.
No, it's not required to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabet first. The need of making the children familiar with the letters in sequence is in their later stage when they start reading.
ReplyDeleteInitially they have to be thorough with their mother tongue . And then they will learn the sounds of all the letters in easy manner.
ReplyDeleteNot at all, Children learn with their mother tongue (the other languages) side by side.
ReplyDeleteYes, then later we need to help them to recognise the letters and their sequences as well.
No, it's not required to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabet first. The need of making the children familiar with the sound of each letters along with the alphabet then later stage it becomes easy when they start reading.
ReplyDeleteAs language is a medium of expression and self-development as well as it is about its usage in the social context specifically in the early years of learning. As written in the content of the course, Language is composed of phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics and not only about alphabet learning. With the language rich environment where different activities like free conversation, story telling, dramatic play, creative self-expression, picture reading, talks, interactions, discussion, puppet play, rhymes and songs, etc. enhance these skills. Alphabet and related vocabulary should be the part where structured letter-sound, text, related words and its usage can be entwined with these activities. Sequence of letters in a pattern A-Z is not required as we use it in non-linear way.
ReplyDeleteNo, it is not required to teach the languages by introducing the children to the alphabets. Language is only medium of expression and self-development. A language rich environment helps in different activities like free conversation, story telling, dramatic play, creative self-expression, picture reading, talks, interactions, discussion, puppet play, rhymes and songs, etc. It also leads to the enhancement of language development. Alphabet and related vocabulary should be the part where structured letter-sound, text, related words and its usage can be entwined with these activities. Sequence of letters in a pattern A-Z is not required as we use it in non-linear way.
ReplyDeleteNo I believe we do not have to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabets. Young children begin learning about sounds in language well before they know about letters. Through hearing and producing speech sounds, children begin to sense that words are made up of little units of sound, and these different sounds are what distinguish words.
ReplyDeleteNo, first children learn language with their mother tongue. It's not necessary to teaching language start with alphabet in sequence. But it's important ,when we teaching language it should be introduce with first alphabet sound then alphabet name then picture name. I think it will be help the children to understand the language better in writing and reading in future.
ReplyDeleteNo need to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabet
ReplyDeleteIsn't it obvious that this is not true. We don't teach our children the alphabet of our mother tongue first. It comes naturally by listening and speaking. association of the spoken word with the written text comes much later.
ReplyDeleteNo,l believe we don't have to start teaching languages by introducing children to the alphabets.Children begin learning about the sounds in language well before they know about letters.Through hearing and producing speech sounds they start learning language Gradually we introduce them to the sounds of alphabets
ReplyDeleteI think it is not necessary as first stage of learning should be sound or phonic. Once they know this then gradually we can introduce alphabet and its sequence as it will help them to read and write.
ReplyDeleteAfter recognising alphabets with their phonics student will be able to frame words and then sentences.
ReplyDeleteNo ,its not necessary to introduce children to the alphabet while teaching language and also not needed to teach them the letters in the sequence. In the course of learning the language they will easily pick up .
ReplyDeleteThe first step in teaching the alphabet is getting your child interested in listening to stories and books. Children who look at books get the idea that books contain print, which is made up of letters, words and sentences.
ReplyDeleteIt is not at all mandatory to start teaching language to children by introducing alphabets. When a child hears his/her mother tongue, immediately s/he starts grasping that without having any knowledge of alphabet.
ReplyDeleteIn stead of introducing alphabets, it's more important to make them familiarize with the sounds. Language is a medium of expression. A language rich environment helps a kid to start learning in a much easier way through various activities.
Not at all. Children should be encouraged to frame words and sentences from the sounds or phonetics by the way they are pronounced in their mother tongue first which they hear in their homes first.
ReplyDeleteAlthough some two-year-old children demonstrate phonological awareness, for most children, phonological awareness appears in the third year, with accelerating growth through the fourth and fifth years.[18][19][20][21] Phonological awareness skills develop in a predictable pattern similar across languages progressing from larger to smaller units of sound (that is, from words to syllables to onsets and syllable rimes to phonemes).[20][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Tasks used to demonstrate awareness of these sounds have their own developmental sequence. For example, tasks involving the detection of similar or dissimilar sounds (e.g., oddity tasks) are mastered before tasks requiring the manipulation of sounds (e.g., deletion tasks), and blending tasks are mastered before segmenting tasks.[29] The acquisition of phonological awareness skills does not progress in a linear sequence; rather, children continue to refine skills they have acquired while they learn new skills.[29]
ReplyDeleteyes. It is necessary to teach the alphabets to the children because based on the phonic sounds, they can identify the letters easily.
ReplyDeleteIt depends on the child. Most children begin recognising some letters between the ages of two and three though some won't until they are around four years old. Once they start playschool or preschool (any time between two and two and a half years old) they will be introduced to the alphabet.
ReplyDeleteHelp them recognise letters and words
The first step in teaching the alphabet is getting the child interested in listening to stories and books. Children who look at books get the idea that books contain print, which is made up of letters, words and sentences. To start with, help children recognise letters by their shapes and sounds they make.
Language is a means of communication which includes expression, emotions, thoughts, ideas.
ReplyDeleteA child is able to communicate with others even without the knowledge of sequence of alphabetsin early Foundational years.
It is the mother tongue in which learning must take place in early stage and gradually when child shows signs of learning letter and their sounds while learning stories , poems , rhymes they must be slowly introduced with it.
We teachers should start teaching languages by introducing children tothe alphabet. Children acquire alphabetic knowledge in a sequence that begins with letter names, then letter shapes, and finally letter sounds.
ReplyDeleteChildren find it very easy to understand when the concept is taught in their Mother tongue . Learning through Mother tongue helps them to learn throughly.
ReplyDeleteNot required, but once they are familiar with the sounds, the sequence of alphabets help them to remember better
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