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%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 101Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5sS5%u2022 Explain that you will demonstrate a technique which enables us to control the demands we make on a child carefully and increase these demands step by step in a very structured way. This technique is taken from a language programme called the Derbyshire Language Scheme.5.2.0 A DEMONSTRATION OF INFORMATION CARRYING WORD ACTIVITIES(ELB.57)%u2022 Explain that you are going to use farm animals because you can demonstrate lots of different concepts.5.2.1 Introduction%u2022 Explain that the child has been playing with the farm set.%u2022 He%u2019s been putting different animals in the trailer.%u2022 The child understands the game and the context. Explain that it is important to give each activity a story or a context so that it is fun and has meaning rather than just being an exercise.5.2.2 0 ICWS%u2022 Use a cow + tractor and trailer.%u2022 Write this sentence %u2018Put the cow in the trailer%u2019 on the flipchart.%u2022 Leave gaps between the words to add different words later.%u2022 Ask %u2018Given the fact that the child understands the game and there is nothing else the child can do with the cow, how many words did he have to understand?%u2019%u2022 Answer, %u2018The child does not have to understand any of the words because he could understand the instructions from the situation.%u20195.2.3 1 ICW%u2022 Use a cow, trailer and horse%u2022 %u2018Put the cow in the trailer.%u2019%u2022 %u2018Now how many words did he have to understand?%u2019%u2022 Answer %u2018The child had to understand one word because there is now a choice; did I say cow or horse. One word carries essential information for the child to understand the instruction. This is a one Information Carrying Word instruction.%u2019%u2022 Use a coloured pen, underline the ICW writing the choice i.e. %u2018horse%u2019 under it. %u2022 Write %u20181 ICW%u2019 at the end of the sentence.Put the cow in the trailer 1 ICWhorse%u2022 Explain the abbreviation of ICW.