1. Less clinician control

2. less clinician contrivance

3. less conscious child

1. expository- a detailed explanation on a certain topic

2. narrative- personal story

The language sample is dependant upon many factors...

(4)

1. Convo style

2. referential communication

3. Cohesive devices

4. Communication event

Def: style of talking: formal,informal, how it is varied for the situation

1. register

2. interlanguage

3. code switching

4. channel availability

combo of L1 and L2

depends on what they are talking about and who with

shifting from one language to another w/in and/or across different utterances

*is rule governed and not an indication of poor lang. skills

* usually used to enhance meaning, emphasize change in topic, convey humor

kids ages 11 and younger may have less communicatino success when they don't share the visual communicatino environment with their partner

*abstract lang. hasn't fully developed

the ability of a speaker to identify something to the listener accurately

includes:

presuppositional skills

and linguistic devices

3 aspects to the classroom discourse are essential for academic success

and they are?

1. directions

2. expanations

3. descriptions

making assupmtions about what the person knows

*the speaker has the responsibility to take the listener's perspective, to determine what to communicate, and what form to communicate the info