Children Acquiring Literacy Naturally
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Children Acquiring Literacy Naturally
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What you'll learn
Describe the fundamental processes involved in reading.
Explain the natural acquisition of literacy and its implications for society.
Identify possible technological advances in literacy.
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There are 3 modules in this course
In this short course you will explore the possibility that children might acquire written language in a way that is similar to how they acquire spoken language—without instruction. You will encounter various aspects of behavioral science and technology that are relevant to this proposition. You will have the opportunity to learn the the perceptual, cognitive, and neurological capacities of children during their first years of life. You will advance your understanding of children and how they learn language. You will also be more attuned to current advances in the technology of human machine interactions, and what these phenomena imply for learning to read at an early age.
Universal literacy, differences between spoken and written language, models of perception and processing, and implications of natural acquisition of reading.
What's included
12 videos1 reading4 discussion prompts
12 videos•Total 91 minutes
- Welcome•7 minutes
- Challenges and Possibilities•9 minutes
- Overview of Language•8 minutes
- Spoken vs. Written Language•10 minutes
- Analogous Processes in Speech Perception and Reading•8 minutes
- Is Speech Perception Special?•7 minutes
- Critique of Motor Theory•8 minutes
- Fuzzy Logical Model of Perception•8 minutes
- Top-Down Influences on Language Processing•8 minutes
- Neural and Behavioral Development•6 minutes
- Visual Word Form Area and Critical Periods•6 minutes
- Implications for Learning to Read Naturally•6 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Week 1 Overview•10 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Belief and Truth•10 minutes
- Communication Difficulties•10 minutes
- Conversation with a Child•10 minutes
- Questions for your instructor•10 minutes
Influences on language learning, iconicity, recognition skills of infants, visual processes in reading, and rapid serial visual processing.
What's included
14 videos2 readings4 discussion prompts
14 videos•Total 88 minutes
- Acquiring Language•6 minutes
- Learning Words•6 minutes
- Multiple Sources of Information Perspective part 1•7 minutes
- Multiple Sources of Information Perspective part 2•5 minutes
- Iconicity•5 minutes
- Recognition Skills of Infants•10 minutes
- Acquiring Early Reading Skill•6 minutes
- Visual Processes that Support Reading•8 minutes
- Uppercase and Lowercase Letters•5 minutes
- Fundamental Processes Involved in Reading•5 minutes
- Tunnel Vision in Reading•5 minutes
- Eye Movements During Reading•7 minutes
- Rapid Serial Visual Processing (RSVP)•6 minutes
- Optimizing RSVP•7 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Week 2 Overview•10 minutes
- Iconicity Ratings•10 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Iconicity Sample•10 minutes
- Adapting Speed-Reading for Children•10 minutes
- Reading with RSVP•10 minutes
- Course Project Proposal•10 minutes
The nature of reading, reading myths, current approaches to teaching reading, demographics of literacy and illiteracy, and technological innovations.
What's included
15 videos1 reading1 peer review3 discussion prompts
15 videos•Total 98 minutes
- Measuring Reading Skill•6 minutes
- How We Perceive Letters and Words•9 minutes
- Reading Words•5 minutes
- Search for Magical Solutions•7 minutes
- Testing Top-Down Influences•7 minutes
- Written vs. Spoken Language•6 minutes
- Traditional View of Learning to Read•7 minutes
- Views of Reading•7 minutes
- Learning Written Language•4 minutes
- Writing and Reading•6 minutes
- Print Influences in Early Reading•6 minutes
- Technological Advances•4 minutes
- Shared Reading Interventions•7 minutes
- Possible Implementations•7 minutes
- Potential Impacts of Technology Assisted Reading Acquisition•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Week 3 Overview•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Evaluation Report•120 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Augmented or Virtual Reality and Reading•10 minutes
- Technology-Enhanced Environment•10 minutes
- Picking up Written Language•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Jun 8, 2020
It was hard for me to follow the instructor. He spoke in monotone and broke paused in odd places .
Reviewed on May 22, 2020
This course has helped me to understand different techniques to teach children and help them to acquire skills naturally.
Reviewed on Jan 5, 2022
It help me increase my knowledge and give new ideas and methods of reading and learning , also teach us about how children acquire and adapt new learning through environment.
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