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Fact: Reflection:
7-1 (Using Conversations to Listen to Our minds are receiving and processing
Language and Speech) various pieces of information all at once.
❖ Observing by listening is done
naturally all the time.
➢ Inferences are made about With inferences, can come bias. It is
where the speaker is from, important to check and be aware of
the speaker’s self esteem, potentially harmful biases.
educational background,
social situation, ethnic
group, and even mental age
➢ Listener notices:
■ teeth formation
■ facial expression
■ body language
■ eye contact
■ sense of humor
■ vocabulary choice
7-1a (Listening as the Foundation for LD) Communication is the way we function
❖ Function of language is the within society. If we never knew what
communication of needs, and others wanted to say or needed, we
eventually, thoughts and questions wouldn’t make any advancements.
❖ Articulation
➢ dependent on ability to listen
and discern differences in
sound
➢ Reproduce diff sounds
clearly enough to produce
meaningful language
❖ Vocabulary
➢ Range of words for objects,
feelings, actions, and
thoughts
❖ Grammar
➢ Part of LD that applies the
rules of the specific language
to speech
❖ All systems could be in working With each experience, their language is
order, but sometimes emotional growing, and the experiences are
stress, trauma, or abuse interferes important pinpoints for the manner in
with oral communication. which the child chooses to communicate.
❖ Action research: i nformal collection
of information about a child or
children
➢ Way for teachers to find out
what they want to know and
seek answers from their own
classroom
❖ Conversations: t wo-way verbal
experiences Making the child feel important and
➢ Informal conversations: accepted begins day 1.
spontaneous conversations
between adult and child that
yield information
■ Arrival and departure
times are important
for conversation
7-1e (How to Find the Time) Luckily, teachers are already talking with
❖ Teacher talks with the children their students, so the next step would be to
throughout the day make it intentional; in the same way you
❖ teacher looks at every aspect of day do for the curriculum.
and thinks about potential moments
for individual conversations
❖ Class list log near door or area that
you will be near for a majority of
day is helpful in capturing
important moments
❖ If recording becomes
intimidating/intrusive, it modifies
the results by changing behavior
❖ Recordings filed in portfolio
7-3d (Dual Language Learners) I found it interesting that english is not the
❖ Preschool children come to school official language. I assumed it was. Goes
speaking language of the home to show how biases and societal influences
❖ English is not the language of the can creep in.
U.S.
❖ LD is affected for both monolingual
and DLL by influences such as
parent’s education and
socioeconomic levels
❖ Pictured vocabulary words in the
languages of all the children in the
class promote cooperation and
respect for all languages
7-4d (Language Role Models) We must choose our words carefully and
❖ Teachers of young children can keep in mind how our non-verbal language
fall into some bad habits that are can come across as well.
not helpful to children
➢ Say, “Would you like me to
help with that?” vs “Can
Mrs. Nilsen help you with
that?”
➢ Saying “Use your words”
■ If child could, they
would
➢ How would you like it if they
did that to you?
■ Child is unable to put
themselves in others
shoes at this point
❖ As language role models and
empathetic humans, adults should
speak to children in the same
manner they speak to peers
❖ Verbal tone and volume can add to
aggressiveness of the classroom
atmosphere by conveying anger,
displeasure, and even dislike
7-4f (Language and the Common Core) When reading the standards, I didn’t see
❖ Alot of criticism around it anything incredibly alarming and would be
❖ Standards that must be interested in why the controversy exists
accomplished per grade level
7-5a (Observing the Developing Language Making notes is the only way to know
of Infants and Toddlers) whether a child is or isn't hitting the
❖ Since language development is an typical developmental milestones.
indicator of many other domains of
development (social, perceptual, and
cognitive), close observation of
infants and toddlers as they begin
to communicate is important
➢ Concern arise when there
are significant delays in
reaching the speech and
language milestones
7-5d (Children with Differing Abilities in Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to
Regular Classrooms) learn.
❖ Provide augmentative/alternative
communication systems
➢ Gestures, pictures, assistive
listening technology
❖ Other children become their role
models, and communication skills
become more functional in a
responsive environment
❖ Program responds to IEP/IFSP
decisions in the same way they
would for a child without differing
abilities
Not a tool for this chapter. Most of this chapter consisted of how to listen to language.
This can be done through voice recordings