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Critical Thinking: Case Study: A friend contacts you looking for advice. They say: “I’m on the fence about hiring a private speech therapist for my 6-year-old. My partner thinks he’ll just grow out of these ‘cute’ mispronunciations soon and that I’m overreacting. But he’s starting first grade, and I noticed he struggles with sounds that other kids his age seem to have mastered. I don’t want to waste money if it’s nothing, but what do you think?” Instructions: Use the audio samples provided in the next section to determine if this is a case of a speech disorder or natural linguistic variation. You will complete this task in three steps: Transcribe the child’s speech into IPA. Analyze the phonological rules or patterns present. Draft a response to your friend explaining your findings.

Look closely at your IPA transcriptions. You will notice that the child’s speech differs from the target pronunciation in a consistent way. Identify the Pattern: Describe the specific phonological rule the child is applying in ordinary English (e.g., “The child is changing all [x] sounds to [y] sounds when…”). Test the Pattern: Based on the rule you identified, predict how this child would pronounce the word “light” and “grump”. Write your prediction in IPA. Explain: Why did you transcribe the prediction that way? Note: If you are unsure about the rule, discuss what possible rules are and your reasoning behind them. That is, explain why you are confused. 

You have analyzed the data and formed a conclusion. Now, you need to communicate this to your friend. Remember, your friend is an anxious parent, not a linguist. They don’t know what “velar” or “phonology” means—they just want to know if their child is okay. Task: Draft an email to your friend that answers their question: “Should I take my child to a speech therapist?” Your email must accomplish three things: State your Recommendation: Give a clear “Yes” or “No” based on your analysis. Show the Evidence: Explain why you made this decision using the word patterns you found in Parts 1 and 2. Challenge: You must describe the linguistic pattern, but you must explain it in plain English. (e.g., Instead of just saying “He has final consonant cluster reduction,” you might say, “He follows a regular pattern where he drops the last sound in a group of consonants, but only at the ends of words.”) Contextualize: Briefly explain whether this pattern is a sign of a developmental delay (a disorder) or simply a rule of a different dialect (variation). Your email should be between 150–250 words. See rubric for assessment criteria.

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