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Briefly express how language and literacy are connected. A brief answer is articulated using research.

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As you show how language and literacy are connected, I think of them as a circle or bracelet, each facet connected or intertwined. Since a child's ability to understand and use spoken language allows those skills to permeate written expression and language too, I feel like they are strongly united. Since oral language allows kids to communicate, written expression or reading through literacy also connects, too.

As a junior high teacher, I see my kids who are readers definitely have better grammar and writing skills than those kids who do ...

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