STAGES OF READING LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

1. STAGES OF READING LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

2. Harris and Hodges (1981) • Refer to this period of acquiring the specific skills and abilities that allow reading to take place as preparedness or reading readiness. The child’s preparedness allow him/her to cope with a learning task. This is significantly determined by a complex pattern of intellectual, motivational, maturational, and experiential factors. Further, reading readiness is viewed as a set of social, emotional, physical, and cognitive competencies.

3. Stages of the Reading Process • A number of models on reading development have been designed and have guided reading instruction in identifying the stages of reading where a particular child is in and where children in a heterogeneous class belong. The basic and progressive stages of reading generally serve as a guide in determining the reading skills of a particular child or the whole class. However, it is important to note that, not all children pass through the same stages simultaneously and possess all the same skills.

4. FIVE MAIN STAGES OF LITERACY DEVELOPMENT Stage 1- Emergent Readers • Beginning reader • basic concept of print • Picture analysis • Sound-letter recognition • 2-7 years old • They begin to familiarize themselves with the concept of print r/t to directionality • One to one correspondence between the spoken and written word and the value of picture clues to the meaning of a story. • They develop an understanding that the printed word carries the main meaning of a story • They begin to make text-to-world connection and may be able to extend on what is written on the page.

5. Stage 2- Early Readers • 5 to 7 years old • Word recognition strategies ( monitoring, searching,crosschecking,and self-correction) • Sight words • Print reading • Gradual speed in reading • They begin to rely more heavily on the printed text than on the picture in a book. • Begin to develop a data bank of sight words that allows them to read w/ increased speed as they are read more often in phrases rather than single words.

6. Stage 3- Transitional Readers • Towards fluent reading • Reading of lengthy texts • Little reliance in picture • 5 to 7 years old

7. Stage- 4 Self- Extending Readers • Independent reading • Reading various texts • Reading for information • 6 to 9 years old • Able to read more complex texts and begin to read for variety of purposes.

8. Stage 5- Advanced Readers • Over age of 9 • Mastery in reading • Proficient comprehension • Reading for information • Reading for pleasure • Inferential reading • Interpretive reading • Internalized reading strategies

9. Factors that influence the development of an Emergent Reader Perceptual Factors Oral Language Factors • Developed sensory skills and visual and auditory discrimination. • Left to right eye progression • Stimulated awareness and manipulation of objects/toys • Emulates adult reading behavior. • Has a great deal of oral language • Has well developed oral language skills. • Uses descriptive language.

10. Cognitive Factors Affective Factors • Conscious understanding about language. • Has emerging ability to think. • Uses trial and error to discover new things. • Expanding memory. • Imaginative or creative. • Shows strong involvement in being read to. • Has a great deal of time and interest in reading. • Enjoys reading aloud. • Can retell stories actively.

11. Home Environment Factors • Has access to print materials . • Has parents who are habitual readers themselves. • Has a social interaction with parents and peers. • Has a pleasant environment for reading.

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