Using Preschool Literacy Environments to Develop Emergent Literacy of Children from 5 to 6 Years Old

Authors

  • Dinh Hong Thai

Keywords:

preschool, environment, education, literacy, children

Abstract

A study was conducted on using literacy environment to develop children’s emergent literacy with the participation of 32 teachers from 4 preschools in Hanoi including: Viet Uc, Hoa Mi, Quang Trung, Van Phuc. This survey uses questionnaires, ideas sharing and attendance in activities organized by teachers showed that; emergent literacy development is one of the most important duties of preschool before children receive formal literacy introduction in 1st grade. In many different methods,  literacy environment is the most effective method to develop children’s emergent literacy so that the teachers should build a  literacy rich environment and utilize by suitable teaching methods so that children could get early interactions and experiences in that environment.

 

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Published

2015-08-15

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Thai, D. H. (2015). Using Preschool Literacy Environments to Develop Emergent Literacy of Children from 5 to 6 Years Old. Asian Journal of Education and E-Learning, 3(4). Retrieved from https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJEEL/article/view/833

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Vol. 3 No. 4 (2015): August 2015

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