Language sampling
Transcript of Language sampling
Language Sampling
This interactive Power Point can be used as guide in beginning your Language Sampling
Click on the speaker above and you will hear a recoding I have made to narrate the Power Point
presentation.
Step 1- transcription
• Create a video or audio tape of a preschool child engaged in a conversation.
• Transcribe the dialogue between the child and any other participants.
• Use a numbering system to keep track of the number of utterances the child makes.
• Use a color coding system to keep track of who is speaking when.
Example of Transcription
• Watch the video of Katie talking about Ballyations again and look at the sample transcription of her speech.
• Notice the numbering and color coding system used to keep track of her speech.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDP05CYgAlw&feature=related(right click and click open hyperlink
• Count the number of morphemes in each utterance. Keep in mind the information from p. 129 in your textbook about morphemes as a guide. – For this sampling, I only transcribed 12 child utterances.
For your Language Sampling, use the rubric as your guide for number of utterances per child.
• Next use the handout found in week 3 to calculate the Mean Length Utterance of this speech chart. Remember to total the number of morphemes an divide by the number of utterances in a sampling.– Spoiler alert- My morpheme calculations are on a second chart
after the first one and my MLU results are on the slide after the two charts.
1 KatieI’m going to tell you about the ballyations
Mom You’re going to talk about what?
2 Katie Ballyations
3 Katie I’m going to tell you about the ballyations.
Mom Ok
4 Katie 1 little ballyatin has to walk and he doesn’t have a leash.
Mom Laughing
Mom Good one
5 Katie 2 little puppies, nooooooo
Mom No?
6 Katie No, these are puppies
Mom Oh, those are puppies?
7 Katie And hese are ballyations
Mom Dalmations
8 Katie See, puppies
Mom Unh huh
9 Katie And ballyations
Mom Puppies and dalmations
10 Katie No, ballyations
Mom Oh, ballyations
11 Katie Hey, uh I got her.
Mom Did you scare the cat?
12 Katie Yeah and she went away
1 KatieI’m going to tell you about the ballyations
11
Mom You’re going to talk about what?
2 Katie Ballyations 2
3 Katie I’m going to tell you about the ballyations. 11
Mom Ok
4 Katie 1 little ballyatin has to walk and he doesn’t have a leash. 13
Mom Laughing
Mom Good one
5 Katie 2 little puppies, nooooooo 5
Mom No?
6 Katie No, these are puppies 5
Mom Oh, those are puppies?
7 Katie And these are ballyations 5
Mom Dalmations
8 Katie See, puppies 3
Mom Unh huh
9 Katie And ballyations 3
Mom Puppies and dalmations
10 Katie No, ballyations 3
Mom Oh, ballyations
11 Katie Hey, uh I got her. 4
Mom Did you scare the cat?
12 Katie Yeah and she went away 5
• Total # of morphemes is 70. 70/12= 5.8• So the MLU calculation is 5.8• Based on your readings of Brown’s
stages- at what stage would Katie fall based only on MLU?
• Using the following handout about functions of language, which of the 7 functions does Katie exhibit during her conversation with her mother?
• Spoiler Alert• The answers as I saw them are found on
the page after the functions handout
Functions of LanguageSee p. 139 Table 4.8
• Instrumental- used to satisfy a need– “Doggie, Mommy.”
• Regulatory- used to control other’s behavior– “No go night night.”
• Interactive- used to get along with others– “Play with me.”
• Personal- used to tell about one’s self– “I big boy now.”
• Heuristic- used to learn about things– “Where is the sun?”
• Imaginative- used to pretend or make believe– “I’m a doggie, roof, roof.”
• Informative- used to inform others– “This card goes with that card.”
Katie’s Language Functions
• Katie’s MLU stage would be in the Stage 5• 11 of Katie’s utterances centered around giving
information to her mother. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, , 9, 10, 11, 12.• 4 utterances center around make believe- 4, 5,6,7• 1 utterance is to control the behaviors of others- the cat
with Hey.• She is not merely expressing needs or wants. This child
is playing with her mother in an imaginative way • Her functions of language use are beyond that of a child
in stage 2 or early stage 3.
TaaaDaa
• Transcribe, color code, number and count the conversation
• Calculate MLU• Identify functions of
language used using chart in Power Point or in text.
• Compare and question