Abstract
Reading is central to functioning in today’s world. Studies have shown that becoming competent readers early in life is one critical pointer of children’s academic achievement and success in life. Reading competency is determined by the strategies employed in teaching emergent (early) reading. Studies in early reading proficiency have shown that there is an unswerving correlation between children’s competency in reading and their learning outcomes. Success in achieving early reading proficiency is determined by the strategies employed in teaching which centre on the children’s enjoyment of reading, motivation to read and confidence in their aptitudes. This paper illustrates a conceptual framework showing how experiential learning strategy which when effectively utilized at the very beginning of the reading continuum, supported by the necessary environments with the proper inputs from the school administration, lays a strong foundation for proficiency in later reading. Key words : Conceptual analysis, Reading, Emergent, strategies, experiential, proficiency. DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-30-09 Publication date :October 31 st 2019
Highlights
More than ever before, educationalists and policy makers throughout the world are paying unprecedented attention to the quality of education offered for young children
This article has articulated the fact that becoming competent readers early in life is a prerequisite for learning in all other areas and for achievement at later levels of children’s learning
This effect was presented as model dubbed “The Ficus Model of Reading Development”
Summary
Reading ( known as emergent reading) has been defined as the point at which a person transits from being a non-reader to a reader. Basic components of emergent literacy includes (Wikipedia): print motivation, vocabulary, print awareness, narrative skills, letter knowledge and phonological awareness. Narrative skills is the factor that relates to the ability to describe things and events and to tell stories This helps children to vocalize, pronounce and discriminate sounds and words of language. Phonological awareness is the part that is connected with being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words It involves rhyme recognition, syllables, awareness of sounds in language, awareness of rhymes and ability to talk about, reflect upon and manipulate sounds. Syllables, awareness of sounds in language, awareness of rhymes and ability to talk about, reflect upon and manipulate sounds These skills are invaluable to a child's literacy development because without these skills, a child will have difficulty learning how to read and write
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