A child’s oral language development in infancy is related to his or her literacy development later in life. Through oral language, children learn the structure of language, which transfers to their reading and writing capabilities. Understanding this development is essential to early childhood teachers and families alike. Early childhood educators must be able to communicate important information about development stages to families, as well as typical and atypical developmental milestones.
For this assignment, create an infographic to be displayed in a preschool that contains the following information:
Stages of typical and atypical oral language development including crying, cooing, babbling, one-word, two-words, and complete sentences.
Three environmental influences that affect oral language development with an explanation for each.
The infographic should include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.
In addition, write a 250-500 word letter to families that includes the following:
Explanation of how early language development relates to reading fluency and comprehension in later years.
Three at-home strategies for addressing atypical language development in young children.
Support your infographic and letter with 3-5 scholarly resources.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
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Course Code Class Code Assignment Title Total Points
ECE-540 ECE-540-O500 Early Language Development 85.0
Criteria Percentage No Submission (0.00%) Insufficient (69.00%) Approaching (74.00%) Acceptable (87.00%) Target (100.00%) Comments Points Earned
Criteria 100.0%
Infographic: Stages 15.0% Not addressed. Infographic does not relate information on all the stages of typical and atypical oral language development, or does not include age ranges, definitions, and characteristics of each. Infographic minimally relates information on all the stages of typical and atypical oral language development, including some age ranges, definitions, and characteristics of each. Infographic clearly relates information on all the stages of typical and atypical oral language development, including most age ranges, definitions, and characteristics of each. Infographic proficiently relates information on all the stages of typical and atypical oral language development including all age ranges, definitions, and characteristics of each.
Infographic: Environmental Factors 15.0% Not addressed. Infographic presents irrelevant environmental influences that can affect oral language development with an explanation for each. Infographic presents overly simplistic environmental influences that can affect oral language development with an explanation for each. Infographic presents relevant environmental influences that can affect oral language development with an explanation for each. Infographic comprehensively presents environmental influences that affect oral language development with an explanation for each.
Infographic: Visual Appearance 5.0% Not addressed. Design detracts from purpose. Text and visuals are too simplistic, cluttered, or busy. Little to no creativity or inventiveness is present. Design is fairly clean, with some exceptions. Audience may not be readily apparent. Visuals do not fully support the message. Design is clean and audience is apparent. Purposeful integration of appropriate objects, charts, and/or graphs supports the message and enhance the presentation. Design is professional, visually appealing, and compellingly catered to the audience. Skillful handling of text and visuals creates a distinctive and effective presentation.
Letter: Relationship to Reading 10.0% Not addressed. Early language development is insufficiently related to reading fluency and comprehension in later years. Early language development is vaguely related to reading fluency and comprehension in later years. Early language development is clearly related to reading fluency and comprehension in later years. Early language development is insightfully related to reading fluency and comprehension in later years.
Letter: Atypical Development 10.0% Not addressed. Atypical language development in young children and methods to identify atypical development are inaccurately described. Importance of early intervention is illogically explained. Atypical language development in young children and methods to identify atypical development are vaguely described. Importance of early intervention is superficially explained. Atypical language development in young children and methods to identify atypical development are accurately described. Importance of early intervention is competently explained. Atypical language development in young children and methods to identify atypical development are proficiently described. Importance of early intervention is thoroughly explained.
Letter: At-Home Strategies 15.0% Not addressed. Unrealistic at-home reading development strategies ineffectively address atypical language development. Underdeveloped at-home reading development strategies marginally address atypical language development. Appropriate at-home reading development strategies capably address atypical language development. Innovative at-home reading development strategies expertly address atypical language development.
Organization 15.0% Not addressed. An attempt is made to organize the content, but the sequence is indiscernible. The ideas presented are compartmentalized; may not relate to each other. The content may not be adequately organized even though it provides the audience with a sense of the main idea. The content is logically organized. The ideas presented relate to each other. The content provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea. The content is well organized and logical. There is a sequential progression of ideas related to each other. The content is presented as a cohesive unit. Provides the audience with a clear sense of the main idea.
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) 15.0% Not addressed. Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice, sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. Some mechanical errors or typos are present but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language. Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. Uses a variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech. Writer is clearly in command of standard, written academic English.
Total Weightage 100%