THE COMPONENTS OF LANGUAGE
Children gain language acquisition by being exposed to a range of different texts to promote the seven aspects of our language system.
These seven components are:
1: Morphology (the way words are formed). Morphology is the study of the smallest meaningful units in speech and writing. Morpheme relates to the smallest unit of meaning.
2: Phonology (basic sounds). Phonology relates to the relationship between letters and sound. Phoneme is the smallest unit of sound.
3: Syntax (grammar), which is a set of rules that are used to describe and explain the ways in which words are related in a sentence.
4: Semantics (the way language conveys meaning)
5: Pragmatics (appropriate word choice). The study of the relationships between signs in the context and the text.
6: Orthography (spelling pattern system)
7: Lexicology: The study of the morphemes combined to form words (the study of words).
By varying the texts you read with your child, you are effectively promoting the use of these seven aspects as well as promoting reading, writing, speaking, listening and comprehension skills. Your child will also learn these through activities at school, so it is important that you take note of what they are learning and then complete activities at home to reinforce these skills. As you work with your child more, you will also be able to pick up the specific aspects that they are struggling with, so having a good relationship with your child's teacher is also important for their improvement in literacy skills.
Children's fun with language needs to be encouraged. In order for your child to learn and have fun with you when completing literacy work, you can encourage family fun games like finding the origins of words, word play games, using a thesaurus to find the different meanings and uses for words, or even playing an educational game like Scrabble.
Not only will this teach your child several components of language, but you are teaching them that language and literacy learning can be fun and interesting, in a supportive environment. You are also teaching them to think critically and with discussions about texts and literacy activities, you are enabling them to form opinions and strengthen comprehension.
These seven components are:
1: Morphology (the way words are formed). Morphology is the study of the smallest meaningful units in speech and writing. Morpheme relates to the smallest unit of meaning.
2: Phonology (basic sounds). Phonology relates to the relationship between letters and sound. Phoneme is the smallest unit of sound.
3: Syntax (grammar), which is a set of rules that are used to describe and explain the ways in which words are related in a sentence.
4: Semantics (the way language conveys meaning)
5: Pragmatics (appropriate word choice). The study of the relationships between signs in the context and the text.
6: Orthography (spelling pattern system)
7: Lexicology: The study of the morphemes combined to form words (the study of words).
By varying the texts you read with your child, you are effectively promoting the use of these seven aspects as well as promoting reading, writing, speaking, listening and comprehension skills. Your child will also learn these through activities at school, so it is important that you take note of what they are learning and then complete activities at home to reinforce these skills. As you work with your child more, you will also be able to pick up the specific aspects that they are struggling with, so having a good relationship with your child's teacher is also important for their improvement in literacy skills.
Children's fun with language needs to be encouraged. In order for your child to learn and have fun with you when completing literacy work, you can encourage family fun games like finding the origins of words, word play games, using a thesaurus to find the different meanings and uses for words, or even playing an educational game like Scrabble.
Not only will this teach your child several components of language, but you are teaching them that language and literacy learning can be fun and interesting, in a supportive environment. You are also teaching them to think critically and with discussions about texts and literacy activities, you are enabling them to form opinions and strengthen comprehension.