Exam plan and paragraphs

Intro

• Statement is important but one might argue not the 'most'
• Joey 3yrs 5months- likely to be p.t (post telegraphic)
• Adult caregiver male- not dad so likely to be relative- Joey's home
• Playing- potentially close relationship 

I think that this statement is definitely important but I would argue that it isn't the 'most.' This transcripts shows a conversation between Joey and his caregiver. Joey is 3yrs and 5 months old. This suggests that he is in the post-telegraphic stage in regards to his language. It is clear that Joey's caregiver is a male. However, it is not his dad but it is likely that he is a relative as they are playing in Joey's house. This suggests that they have a potentially close relationship.

Para 1

• The specific way in which caregivers talk to children is described as child directed speech
• 'Prawns/crawns'- semantically knows what a prawn is but phonologically he says crawns
• 'Do I?'- tag questions 
• 5 second pause- mention elongated pause
• 'It breaks'- adult repeats what jokey says to encourage joey to explain what he means

The specific way in which caregivers talk to children is described as child directed speech. There are examples of this throughout the transcript. 'Do I?' Is an example of the use of a tag question. The tag question is used to reinforce Joey's language and guide him to communicate with the adult. Another example of CDS is 'it breaks.' This is the use of repetition as the adult is repeating what Joey says to encourage Joey to explain what he means.

Para 2

• Skinner- operant conditioning theory 
• Role play
• Bruner L.A.S.S (language acquisition support system)
• Process over content 
• 'Saucy pan'- humour
• 'Flop,flop,flop,flip'- verb- semantic field of cookery pancakes frying pan 
• 'Don't touch um, don't break them'- referring to his dads book imperative- feature of dads CDS