Saxton, Matthew;
(2005)
'Recast' in a new light: insights for practice from typical language studies.
Child Language Teaching and Therapy
, 21
(1)
pp. 23-38.
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Abstract
This article reviews the nature and function of RECASTS, a well-documented way of responding to young children. Recasts have featured in intervention programmes for children with language delay (LD), but with mixed success. The aim of the current review is to provide a theoretically-motivated account of just those recasts that are likely to benefit LD children. To this end, the Contrast theory of corrective input is invoked, where the focus is on adult models that are directly contingent on child errors (Saxton, 1997). Both theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that this kind of input can facilitate the acquisition of adult-like grammatical competence
Type: | Article |
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Title: | 'Recast' in a new light: insights for practice from typical language studies |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | Copyright © 2005 by SAGE Publications |
UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10002790 |




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