Chapter 3.
The Gentle-Ladies
Summary
Today we talked about chapter three. The chapter was about the nature of conversation and the child's role in early conversational exchange. We discussed how children learn to take turns in a conversation and how the an adult contributes to conversation development.
Questions
Q) Do children first learn to talk or participate in conversations?
A) conversations first
Q) What is conversation?
A) entire speech ecology
Q) What is the most fundamental "fact" of conversation?
A) speaker's take turns
Q) What does a child need to learn about other than taking turns in conversations?
A) to arrange these turns so they form sequences
Q) What is the difference between self-initiated repairs and other-initiated repairs?
A) self-initiated repairs are initiated by the current speaker and other-initiated repairs are initiated by the other speaker
Q) Which repair has a simpler structure?
A) self-initiated repairs
Words
Conversation: the entire speech ecology
Adjacency pair: two "matched" turns spoken by different speakers but placed one right after the other
Self initiated repairs: repairs initiated by the current speaker
Other initiated repairs: repairs initiated by the other speaker
Side sequence: When the repair is completed by the original speaker, the speakers return to the conversation at the point where the repair was initiated. We repeat the first example of an other-initiated repair arranged to show this time out sequence, sometimes called a side sequence.
Facts
-The child has a limited vocabulary and a limited grasp of a sound system.
-A child is born into a world of speech events that can best be called "conversations."
-Self initiated repairs are often more frequent than other-initiated repairs, both in child and adult speech.
-Motherese is mother speech to children.
-One characteristic of motherese is that it seems to change with the speech of the child.
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Author: Bailey Brandon (bbrando)
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:44pm
Heres our discussion post.
The Dynasty
Chapter 3
Amber - Cyber Citer
Kerri - Word Wizard
Rebecca - Fact Formulator
Stan - Discussion Director
Tiffany - Quiz Questor
Vocabulary
- Conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information
- Primordial - Being or happening first in sequence of time, primary; original
- Summons - To order to take a specified action
- Cue - A signal, such as a word or action, used to prompt another event in a performance
- Vocalize - To give voice to; articulate
- Adjacency pair - two matched turns spoken by different speakers but placed one after the other
- Self-initiated - when a speaker repairs her own utterance
- Other-initiated - indicates there's a problem, but does not correct it
- Motherese - mother's speech to children; simple and redundant
- Dyad - Two individuals or units regarded as a pair, such as a mother and a daughter
Facts
- Pg 28- The term conversation is used as a general term to refer to the entire speech ecology.
- Pg 32- Repair of problems in Conversation- Self-initiated and other initiated repairs occur differently from each other.
- Pg 33- Garvey (1977) reports that children between 3 and 5 years of age routinely responded appropriately to repair initiations.
- Pg 34- Children around age 2 seem to perform mostly phonological repairs. By age 5 or 6 they self-correct morphology and syntax.
- Pg 38- Primary to being in conversation is learning to take turns, which children do in preverbal games such as peak-a-boo.
- Pg 38- Children learn in conversation not only to take turns, but to string these turns together into sequences.
- Pg 38- Children also learn some techniques for repairing problems in conversation, and from a very young age children correct their own errors without adult assistance.
- Pg 39- Caretaker- child dialogue, or motherese, is a characteristic speech pattern in middle class, Anglo-American settings.
Quiz Questions
1. What age do children start conversing?
a. 2
2. What is motherese?
a. A mothers speech to the child
3. What are self-initiated repairs in conversation?
a. Repairs initiated by the current speaker
4. Conversation is a general term for speech ecology?
a. True
5. What is a "dyad"?
Two individuals or units regarded as a pair, such as mother and daughter.
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The Insiders
Summary:
Children must learn how to take turns in order to participate in conversations. They can learn how to do this by playing games such as peek-a-boo. Through conversation, children also learn to link their turns in order to form sequences such as question and answer. Children are able to repair problems that occur during their conversations at an early age.
Facts:
- A child is born into a world of speech events that are called conversations. Children's speech occurs overwhelmingly in conversations -especially with adult care givers.
- The most fundamental "fact" of conversation is that speakers take turns. We must signal each other that it is time to take and yield turns.
- Children master the repair system at an early age, around 3-5 years old.
- The most frequent self corrections of 4-5 years involve grammar.
Vocabulary:
primordial- first created or developed, primary
adjacency- something not distant, something having common border
elicits- to draw forth or bring out
dyadic- pairs
Questions:
What is the most fundamental fact of conversation?
*A. taking turns to speak
B. being polite during a conversation
C. listening to a person that is talking
"Can I try some of your cake- I mean pie?" said Daniel. This statement is an example of:
*A. Self initiated repair
B. other-initiated repair
What is Motherese?
the language between mother and child
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Friday, February 18, 2005 1:23 pm
fbowles@uark.edu
The Insiders: Morgan, Meredith, Melissa, Christy, and Leah
Lactating Goats
Chapter three
Johnathon
holly
stuart
Rusty
Rachele
Questions:
True or false
1. This is an example of a self-initirated repair. "Do you like his sis-I mean, his brother?"
True.
2. ______ is speech of mothers to children and is thought to be an important contributor to speech development.
- childerese
- fatherese
- motherese
- brotherese
Answer: c
3. What is a general term to refer to the entire speech ecology?
Answer: conversation
4. true of false
Children begin to learn turn taking at the age of eight.
Answer: false.
Important words:
Conversation: general term to refer to the entire speech ecology
Summons: key that tells when to enter conversation
Adjacency Pair: two matched turns spoken by different speakers, but placed one right after the other.
Self-initiated repairs: repairs initiated by the current speaker.
Motherese: caretaker-child dialogue that is characteristic speech pattern in middle class, Anglo-American setting.
Facts:
1. The most fundamental fact of conversation is that speakers take turns.
2. Children learn in conversation not only to take turns, but to string these turns together into a sequences.
3. Children also learn some techniques for repairing problems in conversation, and from a very young age children correct their own errors without adult assistance.
Summery:
Some of the main ideas in chapter three are: conversations have an order and children that order at a very young age. One part of that order is to take turns when speaking, another part is to combine each turn into a sequences to communicate effectively. Another idea in the chapter is that children learn to correct some of their own mistakes when speaking. Motherese happens most often in middle-class Anglo-American families. I think that the suggested project number 1 is a really neat idea because adults talk to children a lot differently then they talk to other adults. A few people think that it is not good for the child to be talked to like a child because it makes them unable to learn good language.
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Jessica Walsh Quiz
Marie Blake Fact Formulator
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2-18-05
Chapter 3
Vocabulary for Chapter 3
Interminable-
Being or seeming to be without an end; endless
Tiresomely long; tedious.
Primordial-
Being or happening first in sequence of time; original
Primary or fundamental: play a primordial role
Belonging to or characteristic of the earliest stage of development of an organism or a part: primordial cells.
Scaffold-
A temporary platform, either supported from below or suspended from above, on which workers sit or stand when performing tasks at heights above the ground.
Vex-
To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother
To cause perplexity in; puzzle.
To bring distress or suffering to; plague or afflict.
To debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length.
To toss about or shake up.
Adjacency pair-
Two "matched" turns spoken by different speakers but placed one right after the other.
Motherese-
Mother's speech to children
Dyad-
Two individuals or units regarded as a pair: the mother-daughter dyad.
Quiz Questions
Chapter 3:
1.) A child starts to sharpen their turn-taking skills by the ages of:
- 6 mos. to 1 year
- 1 to 2 years
- 2 to 6 years
- 6 to 8 years
Answer: C
2.) What is an "adjacency pair?"
- An adjacency pair in conversation is two matched turns spoken by different speakers but placed one right after the other.
3.) True or False: When a speaker repairs their own utterance, the repair usually is produced within the same turn with the error to be repaired.
Answer: True
4.) True or False: Most adults are conscious of making self-repairs.
Answer: False
5.) Define Conversation.
Answer: Conversation is the exchange of words or sentences back and forth from each other. It involves turn taking. (Open ended question)
Discussion Director
Chapter 3
Children learn language as active participants in interactions with others. Chapter 3 focuses on how important interactions between child and care taker are. Children learn to take turns and repair problems in conversation. There are 2 types of repairs: self initiated and other initiated. Motherese is a simplified register of talk, a sort of teaching register, which presents to the child a clear set of formats for language. Motherese teaches children first ways to conceptualize language.
Fact Formulator
Chapter 3
Children are thrown into learning language and they learn the necessary skills early and easily- almost without even noticing.
Children need to learn to:
- Take turns in conversation
- Arrange conversational turns into sequence.
- Correct problems in conversation. (either self-initiated or initiated by others)
- Speak and Listen (conversations with adults help this)
Motherese helps in our culture but not in all cultures.
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Sunday, February 20, 2005 4:07 pm
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Chapter 3 work
Group Assignment #3.doc
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