Description
This intermediate level course addresses skills considered critical to the development of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. It relates each to the skill sets of Speech-Language Pathologists, summarizes research-supported information regarding each, and identifies strategies and activities for the development of each
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Recognize components of language and literacy
- Recall information and strategies pertaining to the development of phonemic awareness
- Identify aspects of phonics instruction relevant to speech-language pathology
- Select information and strategies pertaining to the development of reading fluency
- Distinguish between information and strategies pertaining to vocabulary development
- Recognize information and strategies pertaining to the development of reading comprehension
- Recall information and strategies pertaining to motivating students to read
6 CE HOURS