Computer room lesson Monday 11th Sept

Morning all

This is our first computer room lesson of the year and we're going to continue to learn about the stages of CLA. First of all, research all the stages (starting with cooing, babbling, holophrastic and so on) and post a summary on your blog, citing your sources (use more than one). To help you with this, here is some information on the final developmental stage:

POST TELEGRAPHIC STAGE:

Remaining function words are acquired and used appropriatley.
Child can:
*Combine clause structures by using co - ordinating conjunctions ('and ' and 'but') and subordinating conjunctions ('because' and 'although') to make complex and compound utterances.
*Manipulate verb aspects more accuratley, for instance using the passive tense ('the car was followed by the lorry').
*Construct longer noun phrases ('the two big red buses').
*Sustain longer turns in conversation
*Start the conversation.

Here is a link to the PowerPoint from Thursday's lesson.

Next, using your knowledge of the developmental stages and their characteristics, read the following transcripts and decide which stage the child is in for each one. Write a short analysis explaining why you think this. There are  transcripts, each consisting of 2 sides:

3 CLA transcripts

This is a difficult task as we have not started on analysis of CLA just yet, but do have a go and out your knowledge from your research into practise.

Any issues, let me know.


For those of you who need it, here is a link to the CLA introduction from the end of year 1 which outlines the pre-verbal stages.