Yutta Academy believes that knowledge acquisition is a part of literacy development. Reading, writing, listening, and speaking are related processes, which should be nurtured within a rich core curriculum. Literacy competencies are the gateways to knowledge across the disciplines. Prior knowledge is the strongest predictor of a student’s ability to make inferences about text, and writing about content helps students acquire knowledge. Thus, literacy and the acquisition of knowledge are inextricably connected.

The ability to communicate well, to read, write, listen, and speak, runs to the core of human experience. Language skills are essential tools not only because they
serve as the necessary basis for further learning and career development but also because they enable the human spirit to be enriched. Students who read well learn the tempo and structure of language early in their development. They master vocabulary, variance in expression, and organization and skill in marshaling evidence to support an idea. National Institutes of Health studies indicate that students who are behind in reading in grade three have only a 12 to 20 percent chance of ever catching up.

Fluent Readers and Skilled Writers Students must read a broad variety of quality texts to develop proficiency in, and derive pleasure from, the act of reading. Students must also have experience in a broad range of writing applications, from the poetic to the technical. Reading and writing technical materials, moreover, are critical life skills. Participation in society, filling out forms, voting, understanding the daily newspaper, requires solid reading and writing competencies. Similarly, most jobs demand the abilities to read and write well. Collegiate and technical courses generally require a high level of proficiency in both abilities. In an emergency, reading and writing with speed and accuracy may literally mean the difference between life and death.
Reading and writing offer the power to inform and to enlighten as well as to bridge time and place. Through literature, moreover, students experience the unique history of the United States in an immediate way and encounter many cultures that exist both within and beyond this nation’s borders. Through reading and writing students may share perspectives on enduring questions, understand and learn how to impart essential information, and even obtain a glimpse of human motivation. Reading and writing offer incomparable experiences of shared conflict, wisdom, understanding, and beauty.

Students need to read and write often, particularly in their early academic careers. Reading and writing something of literary or technical substance in all disciplines, every day, both in and out of school, are the principal goals of these standards.

According to the American National Council of Teachers of English, the five strands of the Language arts are reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing (visual literacy). More specifically, Language Arts include all fields of study that have to do with communicating with one human language.

Education research report found that the five key areas in learning to read are phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.

Yutta Academy’s English Language Arts program cover the following subjects:

1. Alphabet Letters
2. Phonics
3. Handwriting
4. Spelling
5. Vocabulary
6. Reading
7. Grammar
8. Writing Composition

The subjects that a student takes varies depending on his or her grade level, for instance, a pre-k child will only learn to read and write Alphabet letters, do not learn spelling or grammar. For high school students, reading and writing composition are the focus of the courses.

Let’s help your child become a good English reader, speaker, writer and communicator!