Overview

From looking at this short transcript, it does give the impression that Evie is already confident in using language and may be in the telegraphic stage. Her confidence with language may be due to her being in a known environment with her grandmother. Because Evie is in a known environment, she can experiment with language, talking about local topics. Evie’s grandmother uses strategies to guide, scaffold and prompt the speech that is already in Evie’s zone of proximal development.

Point/paragraph one:

In the first paragraph, I would discuss Nelson’s linking to Evie’s surroundings such as being in a known environment and explore how this encourages the development of her speech.

An example of this is Evie’s Grandma using toy animals to create a conversation which involves physical activity. ‘Cat’ ‘Tigger’ ‘Bath’.

Point/paragraph two:

I would then look at child directed speech features that the grandmother uses in order to help the development of speech including scaffolding and Skinners operant conditioning theory.

Point/paragraph three:

This would focus on Evie’s zone of proximal development through looking at the virtuous errors that she makes and how her Grandma aids her.

Point/paragraph four:

I would link this to the previous point on virtuous errors, looking at the support that is giving from her Grandma. This would also include the prompts/interrogatives Grandma uses to help Evie converse linking to child led discourse.

‘Shall we put them in the bath?’ is a prompt to develop the activity into the next stage so that they can move on and add more in terms of discussion.

Point/paragraph five:

This would be based on the learning and development of social skills. I would look at the way Grandma is encouraging social skills including turn taking in conversation and physical aspects such as facial expressions.

Point/paragraph six:

I would look into power for this point, looking at the agenda shift and who sets them, powerful participants (Grandmother), and how the Grandmother encourages Evie’s speech by allowing her to choose topics etc.