Analysis

Commenting on my own analysis

 

Task: Comment on your own analysis about whether the data you suggested you would collect would be suitable and why/why not. 

 

After looking into what makes reliable/comparable data, I think that the data I would choose to collect, analyse and investigate would be suitable. I considered getting permission from my own family members (which includes a four year old boy) to record their conversations over a period of time (around 10 conversations). I would then transcribe the data that I collect, and analyse this. I would look into whether or not the child changed the way in which it speaks depending on who he is interacting with. I would look at the way adults use speech to encourage him to develop his own speech. Then I would research theories associated with child language acquisition, such as Piaget, to try and apply it to my own data.

 

I think that this data would be suitable, as it is easily accessible for me. I have also gained permission from my family members to record their every-day conversations to help me in this study.