Chapter 8 - Prompting Language
Introduction
Prompting means that you are positively encouraging your
child to talk. One way to prompt
your child to talk is to ask questions. The right kinds
of questions will help your child to use words. For more
information on using the appropriate words, visit Chapter
6 - Questions that Teach.
Note: Chapter
6 - Questions that Teach talks about how yes/no questions
or closed questions limit what a child says. This chapter
talks about how to use 'real' questions so that the child
learns to use words to express his/her opinion, to give
you information or to make choices.
There are two different types of questions that are good
for prompting talk from your child.
- Real questions:
Real questions are questions that seek information
or opinions. There is not a right answer. You will not
automatically know what your child's answer will be. These
can also be called open
questions. For more information on open questions,
visit Chapter
6 - Questions that Teach
- Choice questions:
Choice questions encourage your child to talk by asking
him to choose a response. These questions are easier
to answer because you provide a model of the answer
in your question
- More
On Using Prompting Language
Reviewing the rules for prompting language using questions.
