As students develop the oral reading process they are moving along the continueum to establishing reading. The interactions that children have are repetitive in nature and make students more aware of the language as they learn to read. I have a great example of that. My son is learningto read and every time he learns a new sight word now, he will relate it to a time that he used that word in a sentence. For example the word how, he was practicing his sight words and saw how and said "How did you like our trip to Disney World?" He had heard us talking about our vacation earlier and that triggered him remembering the word how. I really feel that they interactions with my husband and I have made him to read earlier. He has built vocabulary up, just from spending time talking to us.
If a child was put into a room for their fist 4 years and not aloud access to their language not only would their brain neurons not be stimulated but they would not have experienced the language before being asked to apply it. Oral language is extremely important to the reading process!
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