Drawing on your experiences in school analyse the contribution that speaking and listening make to childrens development in writing.

Language is an essential part of learning.  Every language in the world consists of four basic principles: reading, writing, speaking and listening. From the moment we are born, we are surrounded by the sounds of speech and it is through listening to this speech we are able to develop our own vocabulary and eventually speak for ourselves.  This in turn then helps us to develop our reading and writing.  The diagram below shows how these four aspects of literacy link together:

(Palmer S & Corbett P, P.57, 2003)

According to the National Curriculum there is a contribution made by speaking and listening to a childs development in reading and writing.  The teaching of reading and writing requires children to have good speaking and listening skills as these underpin all successful writing (Grugeon et al.pg.18).  It is therefore no surprise that speaking and listening takes up on…(short extract)