PSYCH 56L Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Childes, Phonological Development, Phrase
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Problem: parents correct when the meaning is incorrect, not the form of the language. Offering alternative language forms when child says something incorrect. Parents provide a good example of language use without explicitly correcting them: this is called a recast. However, parents only made recasts 26. 3% of incorrect sentences. O(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es pare(cid:374)ts (cid:449)ill e(cid:448)e(cid:374) repeat (cid:272)hild(cid:859)s i(cid:374)(cid:272)orre(cid:272)t uttera(cid:374)(cid:272)es if the(cid:455) agree (cid:449)ith the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g: child: read book, mother: alright, you read book. E(cid:272)asts (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:448)er(cid:455) helpful (cid:271)(cid:455) offeri(cid:374)g a dire(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediate (cid:272)o(cid:374)trast (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)hild(cid:859)s (cid:449)a(cid:455) of saying something. Children learned more quickly when given recasts: ha(cid:448)e a stro(cid:374)g i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)t o(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:448)o(cid:272)a(cid:271) de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Recasts may help speed up learning but not responsible for learning everything about language. (cid:862)the (cid:271)ra(cid:448)e older sister (pause) went to rescue (pause) her little baby brother toby. (cid:863) When talking about objects, english adults tend to say the name of the object last (cid:894)(cid:862)this is the.
