EML1501 Assignment 4 PORTFOLIO 2025 Due September 2025

EML1501 ASSIGNMENT 4 PORTFOLIO 2025
SEMESTER 2 2025
DUE SEPTEMBER 2025

QUESTION 1

1.1 Develop an overview that explores the significant role of parents in
fostering emergent literacy in young children. In your response demonstrate
thorough understanding of the concepts addressed in the study guide. Your
overview should address the following questions:

The Role of Parents in the Promotion of Emergent Literacy

Parents play a crucial role in fostering emergent literacy by creating a language-richenvironment that supports children’s early reading and writing skills. According to
Excell and Linington (2011), play-based learning activities such as storytelling with
puppets, sequencing pictures, and interactive alphabet games provide opportunitiesfor children to connect spoken and written language. Parents can read alphabet
books, point out letters in the environment, and encourage children to explore
sounds and shapes of letters in everyday activities. Such as modelling reading andwriting behaviours, parents demonstrate that literacy is both meaningful and
enjoyable, thereby laying the foundation for successful language acquisition.

Identifying a Child Who is Emergent Literate