Michael Rosen
http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/ https://www.theguardian.com/profile/michaelrosen http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtnz Micheal Rosen- Word Of Mouth http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05077ks This episode of Word of Mouth is about Micheal Rosen and Professor Tanya Byron discussing how parents using language to talk to their children. They explore how the way parents talk to children, how its evolving and how this effects child language in the long term. The Linguist Dr. Laura Wright is introduced and she says that it looks as though we are moving towards a more casual and informal language. She also explains how she feels as though we feel unauthorative when making commands through speech and discusses how this idea relates to a 'friend-parent' relationship to children rather than a 'parent parent' relationship. -'No' unhelpful principal. Michael Rosen- 'positive reinforcement' in language to encourage children rather than put them down. Say...