Answer to Question #212017 in English for and

Question

In your own words, define the key terms listed below and give examples for each term to reflect your understanding: 1.1 Children’s literature 1.2 Emergent literacy 1.3 Context, with reference to Africanisation 1.4 Comprehension 1.5 Bibliotherapy

Answer 1

1.1. Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.

1.2. During early speech and language development, children learn skills that are important to the development of literacy (reading and writing). This stage, known as emergent literacy, begins at birth and continues through the preschool years.

1.3. Africanisation is the process of defining or interpreting African identity and culture. It is informed by the experience of the African Diaspora and has endured and matured over time from the narrow nationalistic intolerance to an accommodating, realistic and global form.

1.4. Comprehension is the ability to understand something.

1.5. Bibliotherapy (also referred to as book therapy, poetry therapy or therapeutic storytelling) is a creative arts therapies modality that involves storytelling or the reading of specific texts with the purpose of healing.