Language In School Years Flashcards
What grammatical changes present in school age kids?
More complex sentences inc. subordinate and relative clauses, verb phrases with conjunctions and compound sentences
Use conjunctions more correctly
Understand more complex verbs such as ask, tell and promise
More use of passive constructions
Use mass and count nouns
Learn the irregular past tense and plural forms
What meta linguistic changes occur in school years?
Become capable of analysing sentences that are grammatically acceptable - eventually can explain why they are so
Understand metaphors, similes and idioms
Can shift topics more subtlety
Natives become more mature ( within cause and effect relationships and more dynamic characters)
Adapt to teacher and text book language
What literacy developments occur in the school years ?
Literacy develops (meta linguistic, narrative and oral skills indicate the success in these skills)
What are the semantic properties of language in primary school years ?
Larger vocab
Use more taxonomies
Increasingly aware that word meanings are flexible and may be used in different contexts
Definitions become more conventional and formal ( less tied to experience)
