EDEE 425 Foundations of Language and Literacies Development: Birth-Grade 6 (3)

The course explores foundational theories of language and literacies development through developmental stages of oral and written language (speaking, listening, reading, writing, spelling, and designing) from monolingual to multilingual learners. It addresses language differences and difficulties within the developmental stages and factors such as family, community, culture, and dialect upon language and literacies development.