The conversation between the mother and the five-year-old daughter named Raina, Has taken place on a walk in the countryside. As you can tell, Raina Is in the stage of her communication which is called the ‘post telegraphic stage’. This stage is more in depth with the complex of conjunctions such as because or although.
Raina Has a simple conversation with her mother while walking. The conversation between the two is simple but complex for a five-year-old girl,Towards the beginning and it seems to have a wider vocabulary than at the end. The reason that I say that her vocabulary has shortened is because her lexis at the end is “WHY” repeated, “what” and the “yes”. Raina seems to be interested in what her mother is telling her when walking such as talking about butterflies and birds. That could be why her vocabulary has shortened over the time that they were talking. Raina Is comforting back to the 1 to 2-year-old Communication stage which is called the holophrastic stage. This stage consists of about 200 words between those two ages and usually consists of a single word that expresses a complete idea of what you can see by the examples.
Throughout the conversation between the mother and daughter you can see that there are multiple pauses in their sentences. This can go for the mother and the daughter; when speaking you can see that they have both taken micro pauses or one to two seconds between the words when speaking to one another. An example of this is when Raina says “LOOK (1) there's one”. This is straight from the text, the one in parentheses means that there was a slight pause between the lexis “look” and “there's one” which was spoken by Raina. This is called nasal. This could've been that she just needed to take a breath and breathe before she could say the rest of what she was saying. She might've not had enough air in her lungs to keep speaking.
When the five year old girl is walking she sees an animal, but instead of categorizing it. She instead specifically points out what type of bird it is instead of using the hypernyms. While this is usually seen between the ages of three and five it is unusual for a five-year-old girl not to put it in a category, instead she pointed out exactly what it was, which was a “black bird”. This could be that she has elaborated code meaning that she has been exposed to people with a wide lexis and understanding of linguistics. The reason I say this is because it is usual for a five-year-old girl to say that as an animal not to specify which type of animal it is. The five year old girl could've said oh mom look there's a bird but instead she said look mom there's a black bird.
You can tell that the mother is very involved with her daughter, directing her which way did it take when walking up the countryside. The Language Acquisition Support system you can see often and her mother when they are talking. The mother Is regularly interacting with her daughter, helping her to understand, or just to give her daughter advice on what she should not and what she should do.This comes into play when talking about Raina speaking because she realizes what her mother is saying and can process it without repeating it to her mother. This also helps Raina with her cognitive development and egocentric thinking. The reason why it helps Raina With her cognitive development is because It lets her mental process in her brain is gaining knowledge of what she could and cannot do. However this is when egocentric thinking is effective. This is because she is thinking only about herself, meaning that she could do what she pleases without her mother influencing her decision.
In conclusion Raina Is very far along. We are looking at her lexis vocabulary and linguistic choices that she seems to use. Although she may be repetitive and some words she does have a wide range of lexis. It seems to understand what her mother is telling her and can understand that it is her own decision on what she does and does not let her mother inflict on her choice of what she should or should not.
AO1: You had a very clear understanding of the text. And you had clear references to characteristic features. There were some errors that impeded communication. For example, “directing her which way did it take,” it seems that you meant to write ‘which way to take’.
ReplyDeleteAO4: While your analysis was clear, the reference to wider study of linguistic issues and concepts seemed limited. I would suggest using some more studies and theories. You had a clear understanding of the linguistic concepts that you used. For example, you mention the ‘Language Acquisition Support System’, and you showed that you knew what it meant by giving examples from the text. You had minimal references to linguistic methods used by theorists. You could have mentioned some theorists in your analysis to make your score higher.
AO5: Overall, your analysis was clear, apart from the few errors made. You had clear examples and synthesis of language data.
Overall Score: 12/25 marks
AO1: 3 AO4: 7 AO5:4
ReplyDeleteTo begin, you could have expanded upon your idea of “This stage is more in depth with the complex of conjunctions such as because or although” since it was really short and had no depth itself. The length of your paragraphs were perfect in maintaining the audience’s engagement. Also, your explanations were really good, but there were only a few slight grammatical errors. There were random capitalizations which did not impede communication, but should be fixed. You identified the correct stage of language development that Raina was in, yet you used features from different stages so just keep mind of keeping your explanations consistent. Furthermore, you used short and appropriate quotes which is perfect for supporting your points. You didn’t mention any theorists, so remember to do that next time, which unfortunately puts you at a lower score.
Score: 14/25
AO1: throughout your writing you displayed a clear understanding of the text and clearly referenced the characteristics features. There were several grammatical errors and some capitalization in areas where it wasn’t needed, but it didn’t impede the communication.
ReplyDeleteAO4: you had a limited reference to the linguistic issues and concepts but what you did have was clear. In the future, you should reference them more to strengthen your writing.
AO5: Other than occasional errors, your overall analysis was clear and you provided clear examples of language data. Also in the future you will want to mention the theorists to gain a higher score.
total:13/25