During this stage of development children use long, complex sentences and can hold conversations. (Match the description below to the correct stage of language development as stated in Chapter 2, class notes and discussions.)
A Partner
B Later sentence user
C Communicator
D Observers
E None of the above
Answer is A. Partner Stage ( In this stage children will be able to participate in longer interactions. They will be able to play with other children successfully, use words or other methods of communication to request,protest, greet, gain your attention, ask and answer questions. They will start to use words or other means of communication to talk about past and future, express feeling, or pretend.They will make up their own sentences and have short conversations, will understand the meanings of many different words and will sometimes be able to repair or fix what he or she says when not understood by others.If your children are in the “partner” stage, help your children change the way they communicate through conversation, play or communicating with other children.)
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