Poetry and Motion: Rhythm, Rhyme and Embodiment as Oral Literacy Pedagogy for Young Additional Language Learners

Literacy pedagogy that integrates oracy, poetry and embodiment can foster children’s language development in multiple ways: (1) oracy is foundational to children’s emergent literacy as writing extends from oral language, (2) poetry uses rhythm and rhyme to support letter-recognition and the learning...

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Main Author: Natasha Elizabeth Beaumont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/12/905