Session 2.4b
Location:
Room 4 (Stamford House) Date:
27th Monday 2010 Time:
11:45 - 12:45
Summary
Story-telling is widely recognised as being important to language development (Liboiron & Soto, 2006). However, children who use an electronic aid for communication do not always have the same opportunities to develop their story-telling as other children (Waller & O'Mara, 2003). The 'Telling Stories' project is an investigation of story-telling interactions between children who use AAC and their teaching staff. It aims to explore the communicative role of each interlocutor in both fictional and personal story-telling interactions.
Data collection involves video capture of a number of dyads comprising one aided speaker and one familiar natural speaker during two story-telling tasks. Three measures are looked at: modality of communication, type-token ratio, and coding of linguistic moves. This paper presents the findings from a single case pilot study. A critique of the methodology is reported and refinements to the protocol to be used in the main study are reported
Handout Available
Author(s)
- Pippa Bailey
- Karen Bunning
Level
- General session — assumes participants have some experience of AAC
Type of Paper
Age Group
Interest
- Primary school
- Mainstream
- Special
