Language Development in Early Years: Relational Oral Language Learning In ECE

Language Development in Early Years: applying Relational Oral Language Learning In ECE (ROLLIE) to increase flexibility and agency.

This is a 4-part series run for 1 hour per week over 4 weeks.

The series will cover:

• the basics of relational language development
• how to plan for using relational oral language in ECE settings
• how to identify children who might be at risk of later literacy learning difficulties using a relational oral language lens
• how to record and report on children’s oral language development using a relational oral language lens. 

Relational Oral Language is a part of the Relational Frame Theory (RFT) model of language acquisition. The fundamentals of this theory have been translated into a programme of teaching for ECE, and packaged as ROLLIE - Relational Oral Language Learning In ECE.

The essential idea of ROLLIE is that kaiako can provide incidental language models deliberately to increase the flexibility of thinking in young children.