Language Obervation Essay

Setting The observation took ar localise in the kidskins home. The childs home is a semi-detached house in a housing estateImmediate Context This observation took place in the kitchen. TC is seated at the kitchen table finishing his homework. His scram is nearby washing up at the sink. The observation took place at 2.30 in the afternoon. An hour after TC returned home from nurture. TCs brother and sister are running around the kitchen while some other brother is sitting at the table playing Lego.Name of minor TCBrief description of the child TC is a anthropoid aged 6 years and 5 months. He has been in school since September 12 months ago. He has one older brother (aged nine) tercet young brothers (twin 3 year olds and a 2 year old) he hasa younger sister also (aged 2 years). Because of the number in his family he is very active and talkative.Aim of observation The aim of this observation is to observe TC for a period of time of 10 flashs in order to assess his linguistic process development.Observation TC is sitting on a chair at the kitchen table finishing morose his homework he is drawing objects that begin with I. He asks how to bend ice-cream, igloo and ice as these are the shapes hes drawing. He takes out a sheet filled with lyric to learn. He is promptly looking at his words and pronouncing them. TC has finished his homework and jam-packed away his bag. He takes out a sheet a paper.TC - A Daddy how do you spell IGLOO?A - TC I-G-L-O-OTC - A How do you spell ICE?A - TC I-C-ETC - A How do you spell ICE-CREAMA - TC ingenuous you already have ice on your page copy that prototypicTC - A but I need to spell ice-creamA - TC Write down ICE then put a then put C-R-E-AMTC - A OkayA - TC Are you finished now Ois?TC - A Wheres mamma Daddy?A - TC Show me, what it is?TC - A No its for Mammy, not you you wont know what to do with itA - TC ok shell be here in a minute shes gone to the bathroomA1 - TC whats wrong Oision?TC - A1 this is a letter for you from instructorA1 - TC whats it rough?TC - A1 The parent teacher meetingA1 - TC ok what have I to do with it?TC - A1 you have to read it and fill it out for teacherA1 - TC oh right okay you go on and play so, good boyEvaluationThe aim of this observation was to observe and record the language of TC, a six year old boy, for fifteen minutes as he finished his homework and engaged in conversation with his parents in order to gain a better understanding of his language development. I feel that I achieved this aim very well and that generally TCs language development appears to be within the normal range for his age.Certainly, TCs word pronunciation is accurate. He does make curt errors tough e.g. he says ate for eight. This is usual for his stage of development. turn children between four and five years pronounce most words correctly, they may show some immature sound substitutions (Flood 2010)One of the theorists I have studied is Skinner (1957), Skinner believed thatlearning, including language learning, occurs as a result of reinforcement.Another theorist I have studied is Bruner(1915-). Bruner believed first-hand construe allows children to develop their ideas and thinking, he called this enactive thinking.Bruner stress the importance of the childs environment in language development. He believes The adults and more(prenominal) able peers in a childs life provide what he calls a language acquisition support formation (LASS). Motherese, recasting, expanding and labelling all part of this system .Key stage of language developmentGross drive Skills sister tries to understand the meaning of words. The child uses adverbs and prepositions. The child talks confidently, and with more and more fluency. The child uses language creatively. The child adds vocabulary all the time. The child is an adventurer and communicator he or she begins to be able to define objects by their go bad for example, what is a bicycle you cycle a bicycle.Fine Motor Skills A yo ung child does not learn well in isolation from other children and adults. The child begins to share as he or she learns. Sharing sharpens and broadens the childs thinking. This helps the child to learn better for example, he begins to understand book language, and that stories have characters and a plot (the narrative). The child begins to cod that different situations require different ways of talking. The child establishes a sensory faculty of audience (who he or she is talking to).In summary, TCs language development in terms of both fine and realise motor skills seems to be just on target and have reached the developmental milestones expected for his age.Personal Learning Gained I learned more about childrens language development. I know understand the terminology of labelling, semantics, phrase structure, recasting and expanding. I learned that in order to do so accurately, a tape recording with transcription is advisable.References Child Care & schooling (5th Edition) (Bruce, Meggit, Grenier) Hodder Education Planning Play and the Early geezerhood (2nd Edition) (Penny Tassoni, Karen Hucker) Heinemann Child increase for Students in Ireland (Eilis Flood) Gill&Macmillan Education & Care in the Early Years (4th Edition) (Josephine Donohue & Frances Gaynor) Gill&Macmillan