Child Language Acuisition - Literacy Flashcards
What are the 7 main types of spelling error?
- insertion
- omission
- substitution
- transposition
- phonetic spelling
- over/under generalisation
- salient sounds
Give an example of insertion
“Off” for “of”
Give an example of omission
“Ocurring” for “occurring”
Give an example of substitution
“Definate” for “definite”
Give an example of transposition
“Lable” for “label”
Give an example of phonetic spelling
“Fink” for “think”
Give an example of over generalisation of spelling rules
“Publick” for “public”
What is missing out salient sounds?
The key sound. Missing out the vowel
What are 7 Barclays stages of writing?
SMMCSPC
Scribbling
Mock handwriting
Mock letters
Conventional letters
Semi phonetic
Phonetic
Competent
What are Kroll’s four phases of children development?
Preparation
Consolidation
Differentiation
Integration
What is Kroll’s phase “preparation” ?
Basic motor skills are acquired alongside some principles of spelling. UP TO 6 YEARS
What is Kroll’s phase “consolidation” ?
Writing is similar to spoken language (including a casual colloquial register / strings of sentence joined by “and”)
What is Kroll’s phase “differentiation”
Awareness of writing as SEPARATE from speech emerges. A stronger understanding of writing audiences and purposes
What is Kroll’s phase “integration” ?
Heralds the ‘personal voice’ in writing
Characterised by controlled writing with appropriate linguistic choices being consistently made
What is lexicogrammar?
Describes how children don’t make word choices in isolation, groupings of words in formulaic structures
Give an example of Lexicogrammar
“Once upon a time”
What are word collocations?
Pairs or sets of words occurring together
Give an example of collocations
‘Thunder and lightning’
What are Brittons 3 functions of how children use language?
- expressive
- transactional
- poetic
What is Brittons “expressive” function of language?
Self expression using everyday language e.g. I got my roller skates out and helped Jess learn to skate. She was very good
What is Brittons ‘transactional’ function of language ?
Using the language of the world e.g. badgers can reach the age of 15. In Britain there are 250,000 badgers
What is Brittons ‘poetic’ function of language?
Using literary language (like a book) e.g. the boy shivered as deadly dragons destroyed the house and one giant cloud of smoke rose
What are Rothery’s categories for evaluating children’s language?
- observation / comment
- recount
- report
- narrative
What is Rothery’s “observation / comment” category?
The writer makes an observation and follows it with a comment e.g. I saw a tiger and it was very large
