Child Language Acuisition - Literacy

Question 1

What are the 7 main types of spelling error?

Answer 1

• insertion
• omission
• substitution
• transposition
• phonetic spelling
• over/under generalisation
• salient sounds

Question 2

Give an example of insertion

Answer 2

“Off” for “of”

Question 3

Give an example of omission

Answer 3

“Ocurring” for “occurring”

Question 4

Give an example of substitution

Answer 4

“Definate” for “definite”

Question 5

Give an example of transposition

Answer 5

“Lable” for “label”

Question 6

Give an example of phonetic spelling

Answer 6

“Fink” for “think”

Question 7

Give an example of over generalisation of spelling rules

Answer 7

“Publick” for “public”

Question 8

What is missing out salient sounds?

Answer 8

The key sound. Missing out the vowel

Question 9

What are 7 Barclays stages of writing?
SMMCSPC

Answer 9

Scribbling
Mock handwriting
Mock letters
Conventional letters
Semi phonetic
Phonetic
Competent

Question 10

What are Kroll’s four phases of children development?

Answer 10

Preparation
Consolidation
Differentiation
Integration

Question 11

What is Kroll’s phase “preparation” ?

Answer 11

Basic motor skills are acquired alongside some principles of spelling. UP TO 6 YEARS

Question 12

What is Kroll’s phase “consolidation” ?

Answer 12

Writing is similar to spoken language (including a casual colloquial register / strings of sentence joined by “and”)

Question 13

What is Kroll’s phase “differentiation”

Answer 13

Awareness of writing as SEPARATE from speech emerges. A stronger understanding of writing audiences and purposes

Question 14

What is Kroll’s phase “integration” ?

Answer 14

Heralds the ‘personal voice’ in writing
Characterised by controlled writing with appropriate linguistic choices being consistently made

Question 15

What is lexicogrammar?

Answer 15

Describes how children don’t make word choices in isolation, groupings of words in formulaic structures

Question 16

Give an example of Lexicogrammar

Answer 16

“Once upon a time”

Question 17

What are word collocations?

Answer 17

Pairs or sets of words occurring together

Question 18

Give an example of collocations

Answer 18

‘Thunder and lightning’

Question 19

What are Brittons 3 functions of how children use language?

Answer 19

• expressive
• transactional
• poetic

Question 20

What is Brittons “expressive” function of language?

Answer 20

Self expression using everyday language e.g. I got my roller skates out and helped Jess learn to skate. She was very good

Question 21

What is Brittons ‘transactional’ function of language ?

Answer 21

Using the language of the world e.g. badgers can reach the age of 15. In Britain there are 250,000 badgers

Question 22

What is Brittons ‘poetic’ function of language?

Answer 22

Using literary language (like a book) e.g. the boy shivered as deadly dragons destroyed the house and one giant cloud of smoke rose

Question 23

What are Rothery’s categories for evaluating children’s language?

Answer 23

• observation / comment
• recount
• report
• narrative

Question 24

What is Rothery’s “observation / comment” category?

Answer 24

The writer makes an observation and follows it with a comment e.g. I saw a tiger and it was very large

Question 25

What is Rothery’s “recount” category?

Answer 25

Usually a chronological order of events. Structure of orientation - event - reorientation

Question 26

What is Rothery’s “report” category?

Answer 26

A factual and objective description of events or things. Usually NOT in chronological order

Question 27

What is Rothery’s “narrative” Category?

Answer 27

A story genre where the scene is set for events to occur. Structure:
Orientation - complication - resolution - coda