Pragmatics include interpersonal and intra-personal which shows a person’s ability to choose language well for the desired effect. Intra personal speech occurs when you to talk to yourself. Here are some various examples of pragmatics (conversational skills):
Using Language:
- greeting (hello, goodbye)
- informing (I'm going to get a drink.)
- requesting (I would like a drink, please.)
- demanding (Give me a drink.)
- promising ( I'm going to get you a drink.)
- taking turns in a conversation
- staying on topic
- how close to stand to someone
- talking differently with a baby versus an adult
- speaking differently on a playground versus in the classroom
Pragmatic Language Tips
Discourse could be a formal discussion, a conversation, a dissertation, or a sermon. So for example, children talking about a certain topic like the playground all together at a snack table.
Rhetoric refers to the functions of the different genres that your child
uses language in. For example, a private conversation with Grandma is a genre
that differs from a lesson genre in school. When evaluating rhetoric we ask
whether or not the child is effective in using his language with Grandma verses
using language as a powerful tool in a lesson at school.
Refrences:
Griffin, P. (2012). Class 2 Notes. Retrieved from online lecture notes. Child Talk Group Task 3. Retrieved from online discussion board.
Resnick, L. B. & Snow, C. E. (2009). Speaking and listening for preschool through third grade. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
American Speech Language Hearing Association. http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/pragmatics.htm. Retrieved online March 19, 2012.
