Developing Speech and Language Skills - Noel's ESL eBook Library

Phoneme FactoryHarryDespite the lack of clear speech, it is possible to interpret what these children aresaying and respond, because the adult has clues from the context. These include theexpectation of what the child is likely to say, and the here-and-now situation. Theadult has contextual clues.When contextual clues are not available, it is much more difficult to understand thesechildren as you can see in these illustrations.‘Kai kicked Jane’ or‘Ty kicked Shane’,etc.16Ravi