Language refers to oral language ( communicating through speaking and listening.Literacy refers to reading and writing ( communicating through print) ⚫Language and literacy acquisitions are closely tied to the total developmentof the child learning to think , to make sense of the world and to get alongwith others.⚫Oral language provides the base and foundation for literacy.⚫The relationship between literacy and oral language becomes reciprocalonce children become proficient readers.