Enhancing communicative skills in early childhood education: the role of the oral tradition and phonics

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https://doi.org/10.21814/childstudies.5532

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Oral tradition, early childhood education, phonics, communication

Abstract

This article is based on the reflection of the oral tradition and phonics in the communicative experience in early childhood education. The communicative experience in early childhood education is enriched through the oral tradition. Children learn to listen actively, imagine vividly, and express themselves creatively using those communicative experiences: Oral tradition and phonics. This article also explores the importance of oral tradition and phonics, because oral tradition is the use of phonics in the process of learning communicative skills in children. Phonics is a method of teaching by understanding how letters sound, children can string them together to form words and communicate effectively. The article aims to conclude that cultural transmission is also enriched through oral tradition within educational practices, factors that strengthen oral and communicative skills in early childhood education, such as phonetic practices, should be taken into account.

Author Biography

Ana Maria Montero Ramirez, University of La Rioja

Ana María Montero Ramírez holds a master's degree in Language Teaching in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from the University of La Rioja, Logroño-Spain, a degree in Early Childhood Education from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Bogotá-Colombia. In recent years, she has devoted her interest in developing articles focused on the teaching of the mother tongue in contrast to the learning of the second language (English) in children's school processes. Her studies have been published in numerous scientific journals.

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12-07-2024

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Montero Ramirez, A. M. (2024). Enhancing communicative skills in early childhood education: the role of the oral tradition and phonics . Child Studies, 1(4), 87–100. https://doi.org/10.21814/childstudies.5532

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