NDLI: Conversations about Visual Arts: Facilitating Oral Language

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Chang, Ni Cress, Susan
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Visual arts, such as drawings, are attractive to most young children. Marks left on paper by young children contain meaning. Although it is known that children’s oral language could be enhanced through communication with adults, rarely is there a series of dialogues between adults and young children about their drawings. Often heard instead are simple comments given by adults like “It is a neat picture!” “You did a great job painting!” Yet, dialogic communication between adults and young children could not only help facilitate children’s oral language, but also bring about many other merits. Regrettably, little literature addresses oral language facilitation about visual arts. This article describes the significance of facilitating children’s oral language via adults’ talking with young children about their visual arts based on Otto’s (Literacy development in early childhood: reflective teaching for birth to age eight, 3edn. Pearson Education Inc, Upper Saddle River, 2008) linguistic scaffolding strategies and Halliday’s (Language in a social perspective: explorations in the functions of language. Edward Arnold Model of Language Functions, London, 1973). Implications and suggestions for future research are given at the end of this paper.
Starting Page	415
Ending Page	422
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10823301
Journal	Early Childhood Education Journal
Volume Number	42
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15731707
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-10-26
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Oral language facilitation Conversations Dialogues One-on-one interactions Visual arts Drawings Early childhood Learning & Instruction Education (general) Sociology of Education Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology

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