Childcare UNIT 2 Theorists BROWN

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Brown's Theory
Impact on early years practice
Helpful as he outlined a clear sequence for children learning grammar in their speech
Researchers have questioned whether his model can be applied to all languages
Five stages have helped professionals understand how children learn English
Helped adults t
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Brown's theory
He is known for the term ‘telegraphic speech’ this is when children use sentences that are stripped back but still grammatically correct, for example, ‘daddy gone’.He also noted that the length of children’s sentences (mean length of utterance or MLU) inc
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Brown's five stages of language development in young children
1.75sec-15-30 months- Two-word sentences: ‘no want’ ‘go car’
2.25sec-28-36 months-Use of: ‘ing’: ‘daddy going’ ‘on’: ‘hat on now’ ‘in’: ‘duck in water’ Regular plurals using ‘s’: ‘sheeps there’
2.75sec-36-42 months-Use of some irregular past tenses: ‘me
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Brown's five stages of language and development in young children 2
3.5sec-40-46 months-Use of: ‘a’ and ‘the’: ‘I want the book’ ‘ed’ on regular verbs: ‘Charlie chased the squirrel’ Third-person present tense: ‘he works’ and ‘daddy likes books’
4sec-42-52+ months-Use of third person (he, she) irregular: ‘he has’ rather th
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He is known for the term ‘telegraphic speech’ this is when children use sentences that are stripped back but still grammatically correct, for example, ‘daddy gone’.He also noted that the length of children’s sentences (mean length of utterance or MLU) inc

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1.75sec-15-30 months- Two-word sentences: ‘no want’ ‘go car’
2.25sec-28-36 months-Use of: ‘ing’: ‘daddy going’ ‘on’: ‘hat on now’ ‘in’: ‘duck in water’ Regular plurals using ‘s’: ‘sheeps there’
2.75sec-36-42 months-Use of some irregular past tenses: ‘me

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3.5sec-40-46 months-Use of: ‘a’ and ‘the’: ‘I want the book’ ‘ed’ on regular verbs: ‘Charlie chased the squirrel’ Third-person present tense: ‘he works’ and ‘daddy likes books’
4sec-42-52+ months-Use of third person (he, she) irregular: ‘he has’ rather th

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