stage 5: the post-telegraphic stage

Question 1

how long does the post-telegraphic stage?

Answer 1

36 months+

Question 2

what is the post-telegraphic stage?

Answer 2

• a period of remarkable progress.
• children are able to use more grammatically more complex combinations. they move to a more nuanced understanding of grammar and sentence structure.
• this paves the way for them to become effective storytellers and engage in complex conversations.

Question 3

what is a KEY feature of the post-telegraphic stage?

Answer 3

• correct use of modal auxiliary verbs (can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, and would).
• you will need to be able to spot when a child is (or is not) using the correct syntax.

Question 4

what is normal non-fluency? (feature)

Answer 4

hesitation whilst mental processing occurs, especially when attempting more complex constructions or recounting stories (eg. she runned after it – and – and – and the bird…)

Question 5

what is expanding lexicon? (feature)

Answer 5

up to 10 words are being used per sentence utterance, vocabulary is too big and varied to accurately estimate.

Question 6

what begins to happen with children’s language? (IPMC)

Answer 6

• irregular verbs and nouns (causes problems)
• parataxis (repeated use of coordinating conjunctions like ‘and’) begins to be used.
• multiple negation/double negatives (the presence of more than one negative in a particular sentence, the child cannot grasp that negatives cancel each other out)
  e.g: ‘I won’t (will not) bake no cake.’
  ‘I can’t (cannot) go nowhere tonight.’
• contractions (a shortened form of two words that are combined by omitting one or more letters and replacing them with an apostrophe. e.g. ‘do not’ can be shortened to ‘don’t’) begin to be used.