Professor: Dr. Min Wang
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Lecture notes
- Overview/Introduction
- Phonological development
- Semantic development
- Morphological and syntactic development
- Pragmatic development
- Language theories and biology of language
- Phonological awareness and its role in learning to read (Please bring "Class activities for phonological awareness" and the list of "Additional readings" for the Reading Acquisition part to our class)
- Models of reading acquisition and skilled reading
- Motivationand Bilingualism/Biliteracy
- Language disorders and Reading difficulties and predictors
- Preventing reading difficulties in young children and Balanced Diet Literacy Program by Dr. Dale Willows
(100 great picture books)
Assignments and tests guidelines
- Case study proposal guideline
- Test 1 review questions
- Case study poster presentation and final paper guideline
- Test 2 review questions
Useful websites and readings: