The first acquisition of language for a child is oral, therefore when a child starts school they can speak and listen better than they can read. Consequently, it is important to have reading aloud activities in the classroom so the child may begin to associate oral language with written language. Reading material near matches their already well-developed language ability in the sense that what they are able to read is limited by the mechanical skills …showed first 75 words of 1169 total…

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