The meaning component of language. It is the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
What is Semantics
100
Aspect of language that helps children to function appropriately in situations ranging from formal (making a speech) to informal (playing at the park with friends).
What is register
100
Directed observations of students made by teachers with an eye to better understanding what children know, value, and are able to do.
What is Kidwatching
100
Language that is used to seek, test and gain knowledge about the environment.
What is Heuristic language
100
The study of how speakers create meaning
What is Pragmatics
200
Linguistic term that refers to the structure of sentences and word order.
What is Syntax
200
Type of talk used when students reflect on their learning through conversation, problem-solving, asking questions or hypothesizing.
What is exploratory talk
200
Refers to the specific form of literacy practiced by young children.
What is Early Literacy
200
The language of reports, lectures, documentary programs and textbooks. Type of language used to convey facts and information.
What is Representational language.
200
Books that make reading easy for emergent readers. They invite children to make predictions about words, phrases, events and characters that could come next in the story
What are Predictable books
300
The study of patterns of sound that create meaning in language.
What is Phonology
300
The ability to express oneself orally and understand spoken language
What is oracy
300
Term developed in the 1980's to refer to the literacy development of young children.
What is Emergent Literacy
300
Type of language used every time we ask another person to help us.
What is Instrumental language
300
The relationship between letters and their spoken sounds.
What is phonics
400
Semantics, syntax and graphophonics are apart of the systems that are used by readers and writers to make meaning from printed symbols.
What are Cuing Systems
400
Linguistics term used to describe a continuous stretch of spoken or written language.
What is discourse
400
The various resources students bring with them to school. They can be cultural, intellectual physical and the like.
What are funds of knowledge
400
Type of language that is used to tell stories, jokes, daydream, write stories or engage in play with a child.
What is Imaginative language
400
A compilation of work done by a child over a period of time.
What are portfolios
500
The ability to manipulate the basic language elements with relative ease and fluency
What is Native Speaker Ability
500
Small group discussions of literature that are usually guided by students. Students thoughts and ideas are received and explored.
What are grand conversations
500
Refers to the way print is written and read. e.g. Students learning to read learn that, print begins at the top of a page and continues to the bottom.
What is directionality
500
Type of language used when we tell about ourselves, express feelings, opinions, and individual identity
What is Personal language
500
An awareness of patterns of sound that create meaning in language.