EML1501 Assignment 5 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 - DUE October 2024 ;Course Emergent Literacy (EML1501)
QUESTION 1 [25] Read the scenario and respond to the questions below. Scenario It is nearing Mother's Day, and teacher Rose has planned for the children to make Mother’s Day cards. Teacher Rose su...
QUESTION 1 [25] Read the scenario and respond to the questions below. Scenario It is nearing Mother's
Day, and teacher Rose has planned for the children to make Mother’s Day cards. Teacher Rose supplies
the children with different pieces of paper she has cut out for the main structure of the card, different
re-usable waste material, small circles, different shapes and crayons. She gives the children clear
instructions about creating Mother’s Day cards. The children remain silent as they carefully listen to her
instructions about creating the cards. They are too afraid to make any mistakes. Teacher Rose is pleased
to see all the different beautiful cards that the children have created. The children are very happy the
activity is over and run off to play outside. 1.1 Identify any two literacy skills that learners can acquire
from this activity. (4) 1.2 Compare the role of the teacher to the role of the learners in this lesson. Give
reasons to justify your response. (10) 1.3 Examine the language teaching theory underpinning this lesson
and substantiate your reasoning. (5) 6 1.4 Evaluate the level of fun these children had and argue why
fun is such an important component in Foundation Phase teaching and learning. (3) 1.5 Evaluate the
technique the teacher had used to assess the learners. How would you have assessed the learners? (3)
QUESTION 2 [14] Assessment in preschool is highly informal and takes into account the child in totality.
The assessment does not only refer to the child, but it includes the assessment of the programme, the
classroom features and the teacher himself or herself, since these have a bearing on the development of
the child in totality (Study Guide, 2018). 2.1 Argue the need for (or the role of) the following assessment
tools.
QUESTION 1
1.1.
First of all, the Mother's Day card-making activity is a priory task since it targets both emergent listening
and emergent writing skills. They are having focused listening because the children are paying close
attention to what Teacher Rose says about making cards. This process of listening, following directions
and responding to verbal cues – all important skills in the later development of literacy. This includes
listening to particular details from an oral instruction and sequencing steps as directed — both essential
elements in developing good language skills, which are key for the development of literacy.
Secondly, the children are amassing emergent writing experiences as they play in a creative process
making cards. While they may not be putting pen to paper in the way we know it, their interaction with
forms of shapes and colours through materials implies an early form of language-writing. This is a pre-
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