Orthographic cues

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Orthographic cues

• Grapheme is a unit of print (letter)
• digraph two letters represent one sound (e.g.,
  th, sh, ea)
• the precarious of the orthographic system e.g.,
  looked vs. graded
• some pros and cons of English spelling
• e.g., sign, signification

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Is written language just oral language written
down?

• Some great debates
• Implications for teaching

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ESL/Cross-cultural differences

• English as a second language
• English as a second dialect
• English as a foreign language
• Importance of pragmatics (for other children too)
  
• e.g., We forgot to tell

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In a Dark Dark Wood
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Examples of pragmatic cues

• Activating background information
• Example of syntactic cues
• Examples of constructing meaning

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Figuring out the orthographic system some
examples

• Examples from young children

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Using writing to construct meaning some examples

• Examples from older children

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Trust in scaffolding

• Significance of mutual trust

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Some practicalities of scaffolding

• Negotiating the goals (Searle)
• Identifying the zone of proximal development
• Responsive teaching
• Engaging with experienced users of the language