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ellievanhoutte This chart compares the understandings demonstrated by various forms of developing language and literacy. While the talking and writing forms do not occur at the same age, a comparison of the understandings and explorations shows the similarities in the learning process
| Oral Language | Written Language | Understanding |
| Babbling and cooing | Scribbles | Exploring the medium |
| Language intonations | Linear-repetitive forms | Refining the form |
| Native language sounds | Letterlike forms | Cultural relevance |
| First "words" (Mama) | Letter names as sounds | Partial accuracy |
| "Telegraph" sentences | Simplified phonics | Simplify for success |
| Creative Grammar | Advanced invented spelling | Overgeneralization of "rules" |
| Adult speech | Standard spelling | Formal structure |
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Let's Begin Reading Right: A Developmental Approach to Emergent Literacy, by M.V. Fields, L.A. Groth, K.L. Spangler, 2008 edition, p. 31.
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