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Direct linkWeadman, Tessa; Serry, Tanya; Snow, Pamela C. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
The use of shared book reading is regarded as valuable to support young children to build their oral language and emergent literacy skills in preschool classrooms. Quantitative and qualitative features of early childhood teachers' (ECTs') shared book reading practices are important contributors to quality shared book reading experiences. The aim…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Oral Language, Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy
Download full textWeadman, Tessa; Serry, Tanya; Snow, Pamela C. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Early childhood teachers are well-positioned to maximise preschoolers' development in oral language and emergent literacy; both of which are vital predictors of academic success at school. Research investigating their pre-service training in language and emergent literacy remains limited. This issue is addressed in the present study, with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Course Content
Weadman, Tessa; Serry, Tanya; Snow, Pamela C. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Early childhood teachers (ECTs) play a significant role in equipping children with oral language and emergent literacy skills ahead of school entry. They are well positioned to play a vital role in ensuring preschool children receive a high-quality preschool curriculum to prepare them for later literacy learning. Aims: The purpose of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills, Preschool Children
Weadman, Tessa; Serry, Tanya; Snow, Pamela C. – First Language, 2022
Shared book reading in preschool settings plays an influential role in supporting children's oral language and emergent literacy skills. Early childhood teachers can provide high-quality shared book reading experiences using extratextual utterances (reading beyond the story text) to maximise these learning outcomes. We report on the development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education
Stark, Hannah L.; Eadie, Patricia A.; Snow, Pamela C.; Goldfeld, Sharon R. – Professional Development in Education, 2020
Teachers in the early years of primary school play an important role in supporting students' oral language skills; however, there is evidence to suggest many Australian teachers are not adequately prepared to provide systematic, evidence-based instruction in oral language and early literacy. The aim of this study was to describe the observed and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Kindergarten
Snow, Pamela C. – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
Reading ability is profoundly important, for individuals and for the societies of which they are a part. Research indicates that we should be successfully teaching 95% of children to read, yet, in reality, high rates of reading failure are common in western, industrialized nations. In large part, this reflects a failure to translate into practice…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Oral Language, Reading Failure
Snow, Pamela C. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: This article is concerned with the growing body of international evidence indicating that adolescents in contact with the youth justice system are likely to have severely compromised oral language skills, receptively and expressively. A smaller, but persuasive, literature also points to poor literacy skills in this population. Language…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Delinquency, Adolescents, Juvenile Justice
