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Methods Of Teaching Language In Early Childhood Question Paper

Methods Of Teaching Language In Early Childhood

Course:Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMME (IBP)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
ECE 301: METHODS OF TEACHING LANGUAGE IN ECE

DATE:
Tuesday 30th December 2008
TIME: 2.00pm-4.00pm

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer ALL questions in Section A and any two in Section B
Section A: Answer all questions in this section
1.
Briefly describe, citing one relevant example for each, three interaction strategies that you can use to enhance young children’s oral language skills. (6marks)

2.
Briefly describe citing one relevant example for each, only three elements of speech. (6marks)

3.
Briefly describe children’s language development form birth to the age of two years. (6marks)

4.
“Young children should be encouraged to retell a story rather than tell a story of their creation”. Briefly discuss this statement citing three reasons for this fact. (6marks)

5.
Briefly describe the things you would consider when developing a tongue-twister for five-year-olds and give one example of a suitable tongue twister for such children. (6marks)

SECTION B: Answer any two questions in this section (40 marks)
6.
Musa and Lisa are preschool children. Musa has a stuttering problem and Lisa has a cluttering problem.
a)
Describe the speech characteristics of Musa and Lisa. (6marks)
b)
Discuss the possible causes of these speech fluency disorders. (4marks)
c)
How can a teacher or caregiver support these children to cope among the other children with normal speech? (10marks)

7.
One of the objectives of language activities in early childhood is “to enable children to speak clearly, fluently and use acceptable speech habits”.
a)
Explain the importance of this objective at this level. (8marks)
b)
Describe strategies that a pre-school teacher can use in order to achieve this objective with 4-5 years olds. (12marks)

8.
a)
Compare and contrast the “Look and say method” and the “Decoding- phonetic Reading Approach” methods of teaching reading. (12marks)
b)
Discuss citing relevant examples the feasibility of using these methods to children who use Kiswahili and English as their first languages respectively. (8marks)

9.
Describe the three kinds of reading difficulties likely to be experienced by young children and explain how a teacher can identify children with each of these difficulties. (20marks)

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