Why is uncerstanding how children acquire language important when teaching reading?

Answer 1

Because you will get a better grasp at the ideas of the different schools on reading acquisition, you can also know which stages are common so you can better assess students' progress. It is also taught to ESL and EFL teachers for the same importance.

Answer 2

Children listen and gradually get better at mimicking sound and sounds that make up words for things that have meaning to them until they can participate in conversations long before you think you can actually "teach" them anything. Teach them how to form on paper (write) the words they can use in conversation and they will first read words they know already. This boosts their confidence and they feel good about building on what they already know. To approach it differently is only to boost the bottom line of text-book publishers and the so-called experts that make a living on telling you that it is something like "acquiring" language that educators need to address.

But this stupidity will continue due to the selfishness of the people who run schools and the government that act on good intentions that ignore all the research.

Get a grip and just figure out a way to negotiate through it. Kids are smarter than we giv ethem credit for, but their families are falling apart and the school can do very little about that... Mothers hurry first word learning, and most men fail to take this seriously.

Answer 3

it is so that you know. language is an important in a child daily life with out it they will not know how to speak and talk to others.

Answer 4

I think it goes back to how children learn. If you can figure out how they learn things, then it's easier to teach it.