Theories in educational psychology promote the idea that language plays a critical role in cognitive development. Examine Table 2.2 (p. 51), paying particular attention to the age range that you are interested in teaching. Consider how you might incorporate or adapt the strategies presented for use with your own students.
Being a future elementary teacher I will be qualified to teach grades k-6. Therefore, since this is a younger group of students being read aloud to needs to be incorporated into the classroom as an everyday routine. This helps introduce students to vocabulary and language usages they would not be exposed to otherwise. Hearing new words and being able to hear the context certain words are used in helps students build up their vocabulary base. Also I need to make sure my classroom has many open discussion times. This allows students to be able to orally express their ideas, experiences, and opinions. By doing this it gives them more practice of oral language skills. Also it allows them to listen to how other students orally communicate and the words and phrases they use to express themselves. Writing will also be a huge part in my future classroom so students can physically write, see, and read language. Students will constantly be writing letters, paragraphs, facts, and other things to help improve their understanding of important language skills.
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