Oral Language Development
by Carly Smith
1. Primary mode of discourse
2. Kids negotiate the meaning of words
3. Teacher's need to provide practice
4. Listening, speaking, reading and writing all integrate with the language processes
5. Beginning Stage
6. 1. Don't force someone to speak
7. 2. Provide social & emotional support
8. 3. Non-verbal cues then move forward to verbal words
9. 4. Shelter Techniques: gestures, paraphrasing
10. Intermediate Stage
11. 2. Get them to tell you more
12. 3. Model appropriate grammar and vocab.
13. 4. Shelter Techniques: Charts, pictures, concrete objects.
14. IN THE CLASSROOM:
15. -repetitive conversation
16. -daily direction
17. -charts for daily schedule
18. -use simple sentences when giving direction
19. -use basic vocabulary & over and over
20. -concrete examples/stay away from abstract language
21. -speak slowly
22. -use gestures
23. -have charts, pictures, manipulatives
24. Shadow reading/talking
25. contrasting language/vocabulary
