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EDUC 361 - Emergent Literacy and Language Development

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Focuses on the development of the literacy processes (communication) from birth through first grade. Varied ways of fostering emergent literacy are addressed, the role of the caregiver as earliest teacher is explored, and implications of current brain research are analyzed as each impacts literacy and language development. To be taken simultaneously with EDUC 318. Prerequisites: EDUC 310, 311, 321; PSYC 101, 102. See department chair.