Leniation

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‘I want a cat’

In the children’s book, the second sentence starts on a separate line below the first sentence, even though there was space for approximately the first two words ‘when’ and ‘the’. This could be explained as possibly separating them due to sentence being a new subject, with the new line allowing the child to flow more fluently. As the first sentence can be defined as a simple sentence, the second is a complex sentence, resulting in it being longer, and considerably harder to read. The breakdown from the simple sentence may allow the text visually easier to read, as it’s less congested.

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Evie trasncript

Evie Transcript Essay plan

In the transcript, it is clear Evie is in a known environment, with the interaction between Grandmother and Evie suggesting they are familiar being in eachother’s company. Being at the age of 26 months, it suggests Evie would be at the telegraphic stage, taking risks within the interaction with Grandmother to improve her language.

6 Points

·         Powerful participant

Grandma can be seen as the powerful participant in the transcript and equally Evie.                          Agenda setting- G “How many? Count them”, using imperatives as a poss. Way of testing Evie’s lang.

·         Scaffolding

Grandma uses`

·         Stage of Development

Illustrates evie may be at the telegraphic stage, based on her age and language features

Lack of determiners: “In square” instead of “in the square” 

Use of content words instead of function words as they develop in the post-telegraphic stage

·         Repairs

Evie: “who else” Grandma “who else is going in the castle?”

Uses a repair to clarify what Evie is meaning when she says the elliptical sentence

·         CDS yes/no questioning

·         Skinner operant conditioning

Skinners theory with the use of positive reinforcement, with Grandma praising evie’s use of language.

Evie: “A ball” G: “A ball very good”.