Radford2010

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Radford2010
BibType ARTICLE
Key Radford2010
Author(s) Julie Radford
Title Adult participation in children's word searches: on the use of prompting, hinting, and supplying a model
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Tag(s) EMCA, specific language impairment, word finding difficulties, children
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Year 2010
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Journal Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
Volume 24
Number 2
Pages 83–100
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DOI 10.3109/02699200903407149
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Abstract

Although word searching in children is very common, very little is known about how adults support children in the turns following the child's search behaviours, an important topic because of the social, educational, and clinical implications. This study characterizes, in detail, teachers' use of prompting, hinting, and supplying a model. From a classroom dataset of 53 instances, several distinctive patterns emerged. A prompted completion sequence is initiated by a ‘word retrieval elicitor’ (‘fishing::’) and is interpreted as a request to complete the phrase. Non-verbal prompting is accomplished through a combination of gaze and gesture and, also, as a series of prompts. Hinting supplies a verbal clue, typically via a wh-question, or by specifying the nature of the repairable. In contrast, the strategies that supply a linguistic model include both embedded and exposed corrections and offers of candidates. A sequential relationship was found between prompting, hinting, and supplying a model which has implications for how clinicians and teachers can foster self-repair.

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