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Title: A-Level English Language - Child Language Acquisition - Writing
Description: Perfect for the A-Level English Language Course on Child Language Acquisition. This particular set of notes contain information about the development of writing in young children. They include information from relevant linguistic theorists and also stages of development for writing in children. Ideal for the English Language A-Level course.
Description: Perfect for the A-Level English Language Course on Child Language Acquisition. This particular set of notes contain information about the development of writing in young children. They include information from relevant linguistic theorists and also stages of development for writing in children. Ideal for the English Language A-Level course.
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ENGB3 – Language Acquisition (Section A): Developing Writing
Some terminology
Emergent writing – children’s early scribble writing
Ascenders – letters above the line
Descenders – letters below the line
Barclay’s seven stages of writing development
Stage 1
Scribbling
Stage 2
Mock handwriting
Stage 3
Mock letters
Stage 4
Conventional letters
Stage 5
Invented spelling
Stage 6
Appropriate spelling
Stage 7
Correct spelling
Learning motor skills needed for writing
Pseudo-letters begin to appear with drawings
Produce random letters, but there’s no matching of sounds with
symbols
Match sounds with symbols
Write down letters that match the sounds being heard or spoken
Spell words phonetically
Simple and familiar words are spelled correctly
Become more aware of standard spelling patterns
Most words are spelled correctly
Kroll’s stages of development
Preparation (up to 6 years)
Basic motor skills are acquired with some principles of spelling
Consolidation (7/8 years)
Writing is similar to spoken language (casual, colloquial, unfinished sentences)
Lots of clauses joined by the conjunction ‘and’
Use sentences, but without much punctuation
Differentiation (9/10 years)
Awareness of writing as separate from speech emerges
Stronger understanding of writing for different audiences and purposes
ENGB3 – Language Acquisition (Section A): Developing Writing
Rothery’s categories or genres for children’s writing
Observation/comment
Makes an observation and follows this with an evaluative comment
Recount
Usually chronological sequence of events, e
...
recount of a school trip
Written subjectively, “I”
Report
Factual and objective description
Narrative
A story genre, tending to follow the typical structure of a story
Britton’s three modes of children’s writing
Expressive – first mode to develop because it resembles speech
...
Involves the crafting and shaping of language
...
Third
person used to create a detached tone
...
Pre-communicative stage: realise that symbols can be used to create meaning
2
...
May abbreviate words
and use pictures for words they don’t know
3
...
Transitional stage: become aware of the patterns in spelling
5
Title: A-Level English Language - Child Language Acquisition - Writing
Description: Perfect for the A-Level English Language Course on Child Language Acquisition. This particular set of notes contain information about the development of writing in young children. They include information from relevant linguistic theorists and also stages of development for writing in children. Ideal for the English Language A-Level course.
Description: Perfect for the A-Level English Language Course on Child Language Acquisition. This particular set of notes contain information about the development of writing in young children. They include information from relevant linguistic theorists and also stages of development for writing in children. Ideal for the English Language A-Level course.