Language acquisition: Reading - The cues children use.

Language acquisition: Reading - The cues children use.

1. Graphophonic

   • Looking at the shape of words, linking these to familiar graphemes/words to interpret them

2. Semantic

   • Understanding the meanings of words and making connections between words in order to decode new ones

3. Syntactic

   • Applying knowledge of word order and word classes to work out if a word seems right in the context

4. Contextual

   • Searching for understanding in the situation of the story - comparing it to their own experience or their pragmatic understanding of social conventions

5. Miscue

   • Making errors when reading: a child might miss a word or substitute another that looks similar, or guess a word from accompanying pictures

6. Visual

   • Looking at the pictures and using the visual narrative to interpret unfamiliar words or ideas