Emergent reading and writing: teaching approaches for preschool and early school age

The course aims to introduce students to the study of emergent literacy. It also aims to provide students with
knowledge and skills necessary to promote early literacy development. Theoretical approaches and current
research data on emergent literacy will be discussed. The students will learn how young children develop
ideas about the meanings and functions of literacy for themselves (precocious ideas about literacy) and with
their families. Reference will be made to instructional approaches of reading and writing proposed for
preschool and primary school age. Particular importance is given to the role of both the family and school
environment to the emergence of literacy.