Language Development

LanguageDevelopment

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA State Board of Education | Department of Public Instruction

LD 1

I wonder…

Language Development

When does a childdevelop language?

Where do theylearn language?

How do theylearn language?

What is language?

Is language reallythat important for school success?

Changing the Way We Do Business in the Village through Parent/Family Empowerment | Raising Achievement & Closing GapsPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA State Board of Education | Department of Public InstructionLD 2

• Recognize that language development is directly influenced by culture, experiences, and environment.

• Identify how individuals influence language development.

• Identify the registers of language and the impact they have on student achievement.

• Identify strategies parents, educators and parent groups can use to improve language development of children.

Objectives


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VocabularyBrainstorming Activity



Blueberry



Atherosclerosis



Eucharist



Develop Extraordinary Language in Ordinary Ways




It is what you say and

How you say it


Let’s Practice!Change the simple commands in column 1 into language rich commands that express “the what, why, and how”.


BASIC COMMANDUse language that clearly states what you want them to do, a reason why they should to do it, and a suggestion as to how they can do it.

•“Put your toys away!”•“Use your manners!”•“Use your turn signals!” or•“Be in by curfew!”


•Culture

•Parenting Styles

•Socio-Economic Background



“Jennifer, please pick the dirty silver fork up off the floor and put it in the kitchen sink so I can wash it after supper.”

“Pick that up!”

“I’m very disappointed and ashamed of your talking and playing during church services today.”

“You better stop all that talking in church!”



It is never too late to impactthe language development

of your child!



Linguists identify features of register to include pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

Register is the way that language varies basedon what the individual is doing. Such variationsmay be affected by:

• What you are talking about;• To whom you are speaking;• Why you are talking;• What mode of communication you are using (e.g., written, spoken, or sign language); and• Your attitude to the situation.

Registers of Language



Registers of Language


Chart from Ruby K. Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty

REGISTER DEFINITION

Frozen Language that is always the same. For example: Lord’s Prayer, wedding vows, etc.

Formal The standard sentence syntax and word choice of work and school. Has complete sentences and specific word choices.

Consultative Formal register when used in conversation. Discourse pattern not quite as direct as formal register.

CasualLanguage between friends and is characterized by a 400- to 800-word not specific. Conversation dependent upon non-verbal assists. Sentence syntax often incomplete.

Intimate Language between lovers or twins. Language of sexual harassment.


I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Pledge of Allegiance



Know the Difference!



What did he say?

What did he mean?



NOW WHAT?



Strategies



• Stock the room in which you have your TV with plenty of other non-screen entertainment (books, kids’ magazines, toys, puzzles, board games, etc.) to encourage your child to do something other than watch the tube.

• Keep TVs out of your child’s bedroom.

• Turn the TV off during meals.

• Don’t allow your child to watch TV while doing homework.

• Treat the TV as a privilege that your child needs to earn – not a right to which he or she is entitled.

• Tell your child that TV viewing is allowed only after chores and homework are completed.

TV time should be limited


Tips from www.kidshealth.org


Speak to me in complete

sentences.…No Baby Talk!



READ! READ! READ!



• Three mothers in a research study on the effects of reading to children saw the following benefits after reading aloud to them:

- their children’s ability to learn letters and sounds increased,

- vocabulary expansion, and- their children began pretending to read.

• Other mothers reported that their children developed longer attention spans, greater imagination, and the ability to predict upcoming events.

Research conducted by Connie R. Green & Sharen Halsall

Head Start Families Sharing Literature, Early ChildhoodResearch & Practice Fall 2004: Vol 6 No 2



A book is a book, right?



A book is a book, right? continued

The following examples demonstrate the difference between language in pop culture books and noteworthy books:

Pop Culture Book:

"Her wicked stepmother and spoiled stepsisters made Cinderella do all the chores, day and night" (Findlay, 2004, unpaged).

Noteworthy Book/Language Rich:

"The girl had to do all the unpleasant tasks about the house, scrubbing and sweeping and keeping her stepsisters’ beautiful rooms clean and neat, while she herself slept on a wretched straw mattress in a little attic." (Perrault, 1999, unpaged).



Make Every Word Count



Reading Process…• Choose a book of interest to the child.

• Pre-reading activities - Predict the story line based on the book’s cover - Take a picture walk - Begin with the title page



•Point to the words as you read

•Read a little…wonder a little

•Read with expression

During Reading…



After Reading…• Retell the story (B, M, E).

• Ask questions at all levels of thinking.

• Question the characters’ emotions in the story.

• Solicit the child’sopinions of book.



Practice Makes Perfect!



“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

Harry Truman

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein



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