fun things kids say as first class attention grabbers

[Thomas Hills]

My son once asked, "Dad, can I get a banjo that you play like this?" Then 
he made the motion for a violin.

The anecdote is published here:   

Hills, T. (2012).  The company that words keep: Comparing child and 
adult-directed language.  *Journal of Child Language*, 1-19. Available 
online at doi:10.1017/S0305000912000165.

On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:44:00 AM UTC+1, Bruno wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I like to use attention grabbers the first day of class in my language 
> acquisition courses. I usually mention the fis phenomenon, McNeill and 
> Braine on negative evidence, and some fun errors (for example from Erika 
> Hoff's and Eve Clark's books, with attribution). Students laugh and become 
> really interested in figuring out why kids say the darnedest things.
> I was wondering if somebody can share examples that can be used this way 
> or if people have some favorite ones they use.
> Thanks all.
>
> Bruno
> Bruno Estigarribia
> Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages and 
> Literatures
> Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Cognitive Science Program
> Affiliate Faculty, Global Studies
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
>

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