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Child Language Acquisition - Writing
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- 1What is Cursive handwriting?Handwriting in which the characters are joined in rounded and flowing strokes
- 2What is orthography?The study of the use of letters and rules of spelling a language
- 3What is emergent writing?the term used to describe a child's early scribbles or representations of the written word
- 4Kroll's stages of development: Preparation1) Up to 6 years old
2) basic motor skills
3) Some principles of spelling - 5Kroll's stages of development: Consolidation1) 7-8
2) Writing is similar to spoken language
3) Use colloquialisms
4) declarative sentences and familiar conjunctions - 6Kroll's stages of development: Differentiation1) 9-10
2) Awareness of writing being separate from speech
3) Stronger understanding of writing for different audiences and purposes
4) Understand different genres
5) Use more complex grammar structures - 7Kroll's stages of development: Integration1) Mid teens
2) personal-voice developed in writing
3) consistent appropriate linguistic choices - 8Rothery's categories for evaluating children's writing: Observation/commentWriter makes observations and follows with an evaluative comment, or mixes with an observation.
- 9Rothery's categories for evaluating children's writing: RecountUsually chronological sequence of events, written subjectively. Set pattern of orientation-event-reorientation.
Orientation sets the scene.
reorientation completes the writing - 10Rothery's categories for evaluating children's writing: reportA factual and objective description of events or things – usually not chronological
- 11Rothery's categories for evaluating children's writing: narrativetory genre – set pattern of orientation-complication-resolution-coda. The coda which identifies the point of the story is not always included. Few children complete this early on
- 12Britton's modes of children's writing: ExpressiveFirst mode to develop as it resembles speech
Uses the first person perspective and the content is usually based on personal preserences - 13Britton's modes of children's writing: PoeticEncouraged early on as is creative – involves using rhyme, rhythm, adjectives and similes.
- 14Britton's mode of children's writing: TransactionalSecondary school – the essay style – impersonal style and tone with formal sentence structures and features that signpost ideas.
- 15Spelling stages: Pre-phoneticImitate writing, mainly scribbling and using pretend writing words
- 16Spelling Stages: Semi-phoneticLinks shapes and sound - uses this to write words
- 17Spelling stages: PhoneticUnderstand that all phnemes can be represented by graphemes; words become more complete
- 18Spellings stages: TranscationalCombines phonetic knowledge with visual memory
- 19Spelling stages: ConventionalSpells most words correctly
- 20Gentry Spelling development Pre-communicative1) Child begins to understand symbols on a page have meaning
2) Mix of numbers and letters
3) Upper and lower case used randomly
4) No spacing - 21Gentry spelling development: Semi phonetic1) Children understand letters have sounds
2) Using alphabet/letter formation
3) Sometimes they only write the start of the word - 22Gentry spelling development: Phonetic1) Spelling mirrors phonetic sound
2) Word spacing is evident
3) Letter formation is largely accurate
4) Letter patterns are evident
5) Awareness of syllables and consonants are usually accurate - 23Gentry Spelling development: transitional1) Normal patterns of English spelling are evident
2) Vowels are used mostly accurate
3) Mis-spellings are often phonetic attempts
4) Prefixes and suffixes are mostly accurate - 24Gentry spelling development: Correct1) Basic knowledge of English spelling used accurately
2) Understanding of prefixes and suffixes is evident
3) Accurate use of double consonants
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- A-Level English Language Flashcards on Child Language Acquisition - Writing, created by Ella Foster on 18/04/2017.
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