RED 3009 - Early and Emergent Literacy RED 3009 - Early and Emergent Literacy 3 hours Lecture, 3 credits Upper-Division College Credit The teacher candidate examines and integrates research-based approaches that are used in fostering the development of oral language and vocabulary, phonemic and phonological awareness, concepts of print, and comprehension. The role of emergent language and literacy learning in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking are explored. In addition to class meetings, field studies in a Kindergarten to Grade 2 classroom are required. This course satisfies Competency One and Competency Two for the Florida Reading Endorsement. Search for Open Classes