Communication skills in early literacy

The article focuses on the evolution of the processes of co-construction of knowledge between a teacher and her pupils, when they collectively solve various tasks arising from the constructivist approach and meaningful written language. The analysis is based on a longitudinal study during the first two years of early childhood education, in which twelve triads of students were videotaped each trimester. The research focuses on how children construct their own ideas about writing through the experience they acquire and the more direct contact and guidance provided by the school. Therefore, we provided different discursive sequences that show how the child adopts different strategies. From this perspective, we analyze the teacher's role as a guide to students, in order to promote learning in their zone of proximal development and contribute to the according cognitive level of the student. The higher the student's level, the greater the responsibility that should be granted to him/her.

literacy; discussion; observation; social constructivism; basic education