Non Toy Play Talk
Pretend play helps children to understand the power of language. In addition, by pretend playing with others, they learn that words will give them the means to re-enact a story or organize play (Scholastic 2015). According to Katz (2001, p.62) cited that there are three major categories of talk during the toy play.
1. Pretend talk – talk with pretend elements and a nonliteral approach to features in the immediate environment
2. Non-pretend talk – talk that maintained a literal approach to actions and toys
3. Non-toy play talk – talk about events or concerns that were unrelated to the immediate play setting
In this particular play interaction, the data that have been collected showed that there is 75% of non-pretend talk involved
1. Pretend talk – talk with pretend elements and a nonliteral approach to features in the immediate environment
2. Non-pretend talk – talk that maintained a literal approach to actions and toys
3. Non-toy play talk – talk about events or concerns that were unrelated to the immediate play setting
In this particular play interaction, the data that have been collected showed that there is 75% of non-pretend talk involved