Table 2.

Novel grammatical treatment targets.

Feature	Target
	Gender (male/female)	Aspect (habitual action)	Person (first person)
English counterpart	Pronouns he/she	Past tense –ed	Third-person singular –s
Pedagogic rule	“When it is a boy, you have to add x to the end. When it is a girl, you don't add anything to the end.”	“When the animal is always/3s do/ing the action, you have to add x to the end. When the animal has been do/ing the action for a short amount of time, you don't add anything to the end.”	“When the creature talk/3s about herself or if you talk about yourself, you have to add x to the end. When you or the creature talk/3s about someone else, you don't add anything to the end.”
Morpheme count	25	40	38
Examples	John can swim + novel marking.	See the horse sleep + novel marking.	Now I drive + novel marking.
	Ashley can read.	See the sheep jump.	Now you skate.