Lecure 10/17 & 10/22 Flashcards
Language & Literacy During the school years & beyond PPT
Development in related domains…
When do children express own feelings and empathy for others’ feelings?
6 years
Development in related domains…
When is the onset of puberty?
Around 12 years
- voice changes
development in related domains…
When does increase abilities in abstract reasoning and problem-solving occur?
14 years
Research
What does Burke, 2012 say about poverty and increasing academic skills
- US ranks 4th in world for per-pupil spending
- However, we are much lower than other countries in math and reading
- American 15 year olds middle zone in reading, near the bottom in math, falling behind Estonia and Slovenia
Development of language skills: semantics
How many words can a first grader understand?
20,000
Development of language skills: semantics
How many words can a 6th grader understand?
50,000
What is horizontal development?
process of associating additional features with a word
e.g., “father” originally referred to the child’s dad
Now, he knows that other children have fathers, and maybe he even calls God “Father”. Catholic– priest is called “Father”
What is Vertical development?
Learning multiple meanings of words
- “rock” can mean different things
- “pound” can also mean different things
What is thematic organization?
Themes
Used early in life. It is based on associations that relate words to some integrated context in which they are experienced as a whole
e.g., slide…goes with playground, swings, sandbox, friends, recess
What is taxonomic organization?
Categories (overall labels)
later in school years. Based on associations or classifications in which items share features that define them as a class
e.g., cake…the student would categorize this as a dessert and give related items like cookies, ice cream, pie
what are divergent semantic production?
clinician gives a word, student thinks of a variety of words to go with it
e. g., what goes with firetruck?
- hoses, ladders, sirens, smoke, flames, firemen
what is convergent semantic production?
production of a specific word is prompted by other words that point to it
e.g.,
Clinician: “listen to these words: smoke, alarm, siren, flames hoses, ladders…what word does all this make you think of?”
Student: A firetruck
What is important for academic success?
Convergent and divergent semantic production
What is topic shading?
a subsequent utterance maintains one aspect of the previous utterance but shifts to a related topic
- you subtly change the subject
What happens if a children doesn’t have good pragmatics?
they can become bullies
they can get rejected
They can be depressed
They can be angry
Research
ASHA school conference 2012, Pamela Wiley, in middle school said…
- Children look for peer support
- increased social pressure
- children more independent, less reliant on family
- struggle with social expectations
- increase emphasis on superficial qualities
- social hierarchies
What is teacher language?
- diminished presupposition (less background explanation): teachers assume children know a certain body of knowledge
- Highly decontextualized, addressed to group
- may be directed to the whiteboard or overhead, not to kids
- may be very fast
What is expository?
Relatively structured information presented in a logical and tutorial manner
Research
What did Paul and Norbury 2012 say about hidden curriculum?
- Classrooms have an I-R-E format: teacher initiates, children responds, teacher evaluates
- Students who don’t adhere to this IRE format are often considered rude, unwilling to learn
What is textbook language?
Text grammer
Research
Who spoke about Tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 words?
Justice, 2012 (ASHA Schools Conference)
What are tier 1 words?
very common, usually learned without direct teaching
What are tier 2 words?
High frequency vocab for mature language users (language of books)
What are tier 3 words?
Highly specialized (e.g., anatomy, math)
Why do we need to teach tier 2 words?
- because they go across the curriculum
e. g., function, constitute, correlate, imply, relatinoship
What are plots?
central organizing themes of stories, and include story setting and story episode